Subway

Subway by Anastasia Suen
A picture book (and now a board book!) about riding the subway 

Reading level: Ages 2-6

Hardcover: 32 pages

Board book: 22 pages

Publisher: Viking (Penguin)

Children’s librarians from The Brooklyn Public Library, The New York Public Library and Queens Library selected Subway as a Favorite New York City Story for The New York Times Great Read!

Activities:

Assemble these online New York City Subway puzzles.

Ride on the New York Subway in this photo tour.

Find subway maps from cities around the world.

Study Keith Haring’s Subway Art with these lesson plans.

Explore the New York City Subway System with these lesson plans from Education World.

Build a Greek Subway with these lesson plans from National Geographic.

Copyright © 2008 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

Wired

Wired by Anastasia Suen
A picture book about electricity

Reading level: Ages 6-9

Hardcover/Paperback: 32 pages

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing (June 1, 2007)

“By sticking consistently to the topic of how electricity reaches the home without trying to cover history, trivia, or more complex science, the fundamental information comes through in an appealing way that kids can fully understand.”
— School Library Journal

Activities:

Make a battery:

• with a lemon
• with coins or three potatoes
• a lemon and an old penny.

Try the electricity word search, criss-cross and double puzzles at Discovery Education.

Visit the Games Page at Energy Quest for an energy word search, crossword, jigsaw puzzles and more!

The Energy Kids page has riddles, online field trips, wordsearch and crossword puzzles, an energy source sudoku, and a scavenger hunt.

See Teacher’s Corner extensive list of electricity lessons and experiments.

Hurricane Ike has made electricity an important topic. It’s one of those essentials we take for granted.  Use this book to help children understand how power travels from the power plant to our homes. This is “everyday” science.

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Here Comes the Bus

Here Comes the Bus by Anastasia Suen
A Bebop Easy Reader

Reading level: Guided Reading™: B DRA: 2 Intervention: 2

Paperback: 8 pages

Publisher: Bebop Books

A Chinese American girl takes the bus to school and greets her friends, one by one, at each stop.

Also available in Spanish as Ya viene el autobús

Activities:

Use the lesson plans from the 91 page Illinois School Bus Safety Program.

First School has school bus music, coloring pages, crafts, and online games.

Play the online School Bus Safety Games.

Visit the Traffic Safety Kid’s Page for coloring pages, puzzles and a word scramble.

Download Free Bus Safety Presentations in PowerPoint.

Use these lesson plans with your class.

Copyright © 2008 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.