K-8 Catalog 2015-2016 ® Products and Professional Learning Participation for All Without citizens who can read and think critically, democracy is threatened, and our freedoms—personal, social, and political— are subject to dissolution. An independent, nonprofit educational organization, the Great Books Foundation fosters an inquiry-based approach to reading and discussion for students and adults in all walks of life. We believe that literacy and critical thinking help develop reflective and well-informed citizens. Our goal is to inspire people of all ages to become more knowledgeable, reflective, and engaged citizens. “I think that Junior Great Books . is extremely helpful. Not only does it help kids become better readers and have a better understanding of the book, but it also helps improve their confidence by not being afraid to speak up and share their opinions.” —Adamarys, eighth grader William Prescott Elementary, Chicago 6-year participant in Junior Great Books To learn more, please visit greatbooks.org. 2 read.think.discuss.grow.® Transform your classroom and watch your students exceed your expectations with help from Junior Great What’s Inside . Books and the Great Books Foundation. Our fiction and nonfiction products are designed to empower your K–8 Why Choose Junior Great Books?.............. 4 students to find the deeper connections and meanings in texts and to identify new ways of exploring issues and K–1 Read-Aloud .............................. 5 solving problems. Plus, our high-quality, customizable professional learning helps teachers become proficient Series 2 & 3................................... 6 at the intricacies of inquiry-based instruction. Series 4 & 5................................... 7 Inside this catalog you’ll find information on our elementary and middle school products as well as our Guided Reading . 8 professional learning options. You can also visit our website—greatbooks.org—to find: Nonfiction Inquiry ...........................10 • More materials for elementary and middle school Nonfiction Libraries/ThinkIt..................12 • Videos of our products and professional learning in action Great Books Roundtable .....................14 • Detailed correlations to national and state curriculum standards Professional Learning........................16 • Additional downloadable resources • Updates on happenings and events Ordering Information........................19 • More information about our commitment to fostering respectful, open discussion that promotes civil discourse, civic engagement, and social justice Today’s standardized assessments ask students for more than just the facts—they test a student’s ability to find deeper meaning in texts and use Great Books Connections this knowledge to make new connections and solve problems. 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The stories are selected or written for their • Include unit overviews and instructional support ability to support multiple interpretations and to for activity sessions encourage thought-provoking discussions. • Outline differentiated instruction strategies • Offer assessment suggestions and rubrics Students learn to: • Provide vocabulary activities • Find deeper connections and meanings in texts while identifying new ways of exploring issues and solving problems Student Books • Understand the importance of respectful, civil • Include outstanding stories by award-winning discussion and the value of listening to other people’s authors from many cultures and eras ideas and opinions • Demonstrate vivid writing through a diversity of settings, genres, and writing styles Teachers increase their proficiency in: • Organized by key, age-appropriate social- emotional themes throughout Series 2–5 • Posing thought-provoking questions • Helping students communicate complex ideas orally and in writing Reader’s Journals • Embracing the role of discussion facilitator • Reinforce the connection between reading and writing • Provide a framework for students to record their thinking as they work through the different activities for each story Audio CDs • Professionally recorded audio versions of all stories provide another opportunity for students to hear a fluent reading of the texts. Student & teacher eBooks are available for Junior Great Books Series 2–5. Order at store.greatbooks.org. e is for engage! 4 read.think.discuss.grow.® K–1 Read-Aloud JUNIOR GREAT BOOKS JUNIOR GREAT BOOKS Sailing Ship Series Read-Aloud Program Pegasus Series Read-Aloud Program VOLUME 1 VOLUME 1 The Shoemaker and the Elves Chestnut Pudding Iroquois folktale as told by John Brothers Grimm as told by Wanda Gág Bierhorst The Frog Went A-Traveling The Pied Piper English folktale as told by Joseph Jacobs Russian folktale as told by Vsevolod Garshin “Fanciful Animals” Poetry by Edward Lear and A. A. Sailing Ship Series VOLUME 1 Pegasus Series VOLUME 1 “Night into Dawn” Milne Poetry by Robert Hillyer and John Ciardi, and a Mescalero VOLUME 2 Apache Song The Mermaid Who Lost Her Comb Scottish folktale as told by Winifred Finlay VOLUME 2 Hansel and Gretel Brothers Grimm, translated by Randall Jarrell The Tale of Two Bad Mice Beatrix Potter “Special Places” Poetry by Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Frost, and a Navajo poem Bouki Cuts Wood Haitian folktale as told by Harold Courlander VOLUME 3 “Fantasy” Poetry by Sylvia Plath, Edward Lear, and Lewis Carroll Mother of the Waters Haitian folktale as told by Diane Wolkstein VOLUME 3 Zlateh the Goat Isaac Bashevis Singer Lion at School Philippa Pearce “Secret Messages” Poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson, Barbara Juster Esbensen, Coyote Rides the Sun Native American folktale as told by Jane Louise Curry and Emily Dickinson “Seasons” Poetry by Nikki Giovanni, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Langston Hughes CODE ITEM PRICE ISBN CODE ITEM PRICE ISBN JRA-SAI Student Books (3 Vol.) $17.95 978-0-945159-43-8 JRA-PEG Student Books (3 Vol.) $17.95 978-0-945159-41-4 JTE-SAI Teacher’s Edition $25.95 978-0-945159-74-2 JTE-PEG Teacher’s Edition $25.95 978-0-945159-96-4 JSM-CDSAI Audio CDs $50.95 978-0-945159-47-6 JSM-CDPEG Audio CDs $50.95 978-0-945159-45-2 Download a free sample unit at greatbooks.org. JUNIOR GREAT BOOKS JUNIOR GREAT BOOKS Dragon Series Read-Aloud Program Sun Series Read-Aloud Program VOLUME 1 VOLUME 1 The Frog Prince Brothers Grimm as told by Wanda Gág The Black Hen’s Egg Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice French folktale as told by Natalie Savage Carlson African folktale as told by Harold Courlander The Mouse and the Wizard and George Herzog Hindu fable as told by Lucia Turnbull Dragon Series VOLUME 1 Sun Series VOLUME 1 “Nature Speaks” “Imagination” Poetry by Carl Sandburg, James Reeves, Poetry by Leslie Norris, Mark Van Doren, and Federico García Lorca and Robert Louis Stevenson VOLUME 2 VOLUME 2 Feraj and the Magic Lute Arabian folktale as told by Jean Russell Larson Rumpelstiltskin Brothers Grimm, translated by Ralph Manheim The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Beatrix Potter Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents A. A. Milne “Companions” Poetry by A. A. Milne, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Robert Louis Stevenson “When I Grow Up ” Poetry by Rabindranath Tagore and X. J. Kennedy, and a Chippewa song VOLUME 3 VOLUME 3 Buya Marries the Tortoise African folktale as told by W. F. P. Burton The King of the Frogs African folktale as told by Humphrey Harman The Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Pop Corn in Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs Nebraska and Quit and Came Back Carl Sandburg Brothers Grimm, translated by Randall Jarrell “Magical Places” Poetry by Byrd Baylor, William Shakespeare, and Martin Brennan “Mysterious Animals” Poetry by T. S. 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