AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mary-Joan Gerson/ Hope Meryman
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
PUBLICATION
DATE: 1974
GENRE:Traditional Books- Non Euro READING
LEVEL: 1st Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
The
sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat.
One
person’s waste of the sky’s resources caused it to move far away and the people
had to learn to plant and harvest.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:
On Earth Day, we could read the this story and
then talk about why appreciating nature is so important. Students would then
make a list of how they can treat their world better.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Maya Newsome,Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Nigerian, Africa, Nature, Sky
