Nonfiction Monday: A Taste of Asia
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, so let's begin with a taste of Asia for Grades K-8.
How My Parents Learned to Eat
by Ina R. Friedman(Author)
and Allen Say (Illustrator)
Reading level: Grades K-2
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
An American sailor and a Japanese student teach each other how their families eat.
Hiromi's Hands
by Lynne Barasch
Reading level: Grades 3-5
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Lee and Low Books
In this true story, a Japanese-American girl grows up and learns how to make sushi in her father's restaurant.
What the World Eats
by Faith D'Aluisio (Author)
and Peter Menzel (Photographer)
Reading level: Grades 6-8
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Tricycle Press
See what 25 families around the world eat in this photo-essay filled with maps, charts and recipes.
Activities...
Discover Asian Pacific American stories with these lesson plans and videos from Scholastic.
Visit the Asian Pacific Heritage Month pages at the Library of Congress for lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids using primary sources.
Write a Reader's Theater script for your K-8 classroom with these Asian Folktales Lesson Plans.
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I remember reading How My Parents Learned to Eat in the third grade. I love that book so much!!!
Posted by: Tarie | May 04, 2009 at 01:46 PM