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

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

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 (kit)
• Disney's Cinderella

Lesson 7

• encyclopedia
• storybook with an obvious theme

Lesson 8

• construction paper (kit)
• stapler or tape
• piece of wood or a large stick
• red/yellow tissue paper (kit)
• safety pin (kit)

Final Project

• cardstock paper (kit)
• stapler

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