Stories Around the World

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Yeh-Shen by Ai-Ling Louie
• The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

Lesson 5

• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

Lesson 6

• The Irish Cinderlad by Shirley Climo

Lesson 8

• Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg

Lesson 9

• A Child's Calendar by John Updike

Materials

Common Materials

• scissors
• crayons, colored pencils, or markers
• tape or glue
• blank paper
• ruler
• glue
• book with your child's favorite character
• several books with illustrations
• several pieces of paper
• world map or globe
• crayons
• markers

Lesson 1

• two fiction storybooks
• 15-20 children's books
• six fiction storybooks

Lesson 2

• book with a well-developed character

Lesson 3

• book with a distinct setting
• book with a setting in another country
• glue or glue stick

Lesson 4

• storybook that involves a problem

Lesson 6

• spelling journal
• map of Africa
• map of Europe
• Disney's Cinderella

Lesson 7

• encyclopedia
• storybook with an obvious theme

Lesson 8

• piece of wood or a large stick
• red/yellow tissue paper
• safety pin
• construction paper or cardstock
• world map
• stapler or tape

Final Project

• 4 cardstock pages
• stapler

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used