This blog was developed as a resource for teachers who are looking to incorporate high quality and award winning trade books into their social studies curriculum. I have compiled and cited various reviews on these books, and additionally have listed online resources that will help teachers use these books for instructional purposes.
Friday, April 16, 2010
When Clay Sings
When Clay Sings
Written by: Byrd Baylor
Illustrated by: Tom Bahti
"Pieces of broken pots are scattered over the desert hillsides of the Southwest. The Indians there treat them with respect -- "Every piece of clay is a piece of someone's life," they say. And the children try to imagine those lives that took place in the desert they think of as their own.
Clay has its own small voice, and sings. Its song has lasted for thousands of years. And Byrd Baylor's prose-poem as simple and powerful as the clay pots, sings too."
Publisher's Review - Simon and Schuster
Awards:
Caldecott Honor Book, 1973
Labels:
1st grade,
2nd grade,
3rd grade,
native american history
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