Red Light, Green Light

Red Light, Green Light by Anastasia Suen
A traffic picture book

Reading level: Ages 2-5

Hardcover: 32 pages

Publisher: Harcourt

Roll into one little boy’s make-believe traffic world, filled with flashing lights, zooming cars, whirring helicopters, and racing fire engines. He’s turned records into rotaries, shoe boxes and books into highway ramps, crayons into lane markers, and dandelions into trees. It’s a world where imagination rules and creativity abounds.

With its bouncy rhyming text and bright illustrations, this book is perfect for every preschooler who loves planes, trains, and automobiles. It’s a bold introduction to how vehicles stop . . . and go!

Activities:

Play the traditional Red Light/Green Light game.

Roll and stop in the Red Light/Green Light skating game.

Try the Kids Traffic Safety Crossword Puzzle.

Take the online Traffic Sign Quiz for Kids.

Make a Traffic Light Necklace with yarn and stickers.

Copyright © 2008 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

The U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court by Anastasia Suen
American Symbols series Picture Book

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Library Binding: 24 pages

Publisher: Picture Window Books

Since our nation’s birth, the Supreme Court has been the highest court in the United States. But until 1935, it didn’t have a building of its own. Join a lawyer named Marta in The U.S. Supreme Court as she follows the court’s long journey to its final home in Washington, D.C.

Activities:

Visit the U.S. Supreme Court online.

See photos of the U.S. Supreme Court Modernization.

Learn more about the U.S. Supreme Court at Congress for Kids.

Take A Look at the Supreme Court with Time for Kids.

Read Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Copyright © 2008 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam by Anastasia Suen
American Symbols Picture Book

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Library Binding: 24 pages

Publisher: Picture Window Books

He has become one of the country’s most well-known characters. Tall and firm, Uncle Sam stands for a strong U.S. government. Join meatpacker Sam Wilson in Uncle Sam as he shares the wild story of how he, a clown, and countless artists shaped this American symbol.

Activities:

September 13th is Uncle Sam Day!

Bake and paint an Uncle Sam hat.

Make an Uncle Sam pin with seed beads and a safety pin.

Try this online Uncle Sam coloring page.

Find lesson plans, crafts, puzzles and writing activities at abcteach.

Use these six trait writing activities as students create their own Uncle Sam comic.

Copyright © 2008 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.