Open Court

 

Grade 1

 

Homes

 

 

 

301.5 Fos                    

           Foster, Joanna.  Homes: shelter and living space.  New York, :

                Parents' Magazine Press, [1972].  Traces the history of

                housing and describes the variety of homes built by man.

 

591.757 Fow                  

           Fowler, Allan.  Animals under the ground.  New York : Children's

                Press, c1997.  Briefly describes some of the animals that

                make their homes underground, including moles, prairie dogs,

                and woodchucks.

 

595.3 Sch                    

           McDonald, Megan.  Is this a house for Hermit Crab?  New York :

                Orchard Books, c1990.  When Hermit Crab outgrows his old

                house, he ventures out to find a new one.

 

598 Web                      

           Webb, Addison.  Birds in their homes.

 

598.5 Bas                    

           Bash, Barbara.  Urban roosts : where birds nest in the city.  1st

                pbk. ed.  San Francisco : Boston : Sierra Club Books ;

                Little Brown, c1990.  Describes the birds that make their

                homes in the heart of the city and examines how they have

                adjusted to such a harsh urban environment.

 

690 Dev                      

           Devlin, Harry.  To grandfather's house we go; : a roadside tour

                of American homes.  New York, : Parents' Magazine Press,

                [1967].  Presents 22 styles of American homes popular at

                various periods in our history.

 

728 Jup                      

           Jupo, Frank.  A place to stay; : man's home through the ages,.

                New York, : Dodd, Mead, [1974].  Describes different kinds

                of homes around the world and through the ages.

 

728 Mit                      

           Mitchell, Vanessa.  Homes then and now!  North American ed.

                Milwaukee : G. Stevens, 1985.  A historical survey of the

                home and rooms found in it, from prehistoric times to today.

                Includes special activities and suggested projects.

 

970.6 Hof                    

           Hofsinde, Robert.  Indians at home.  New York : Morrow, 1964.

                Describes the different kinds of homes made by various

                Indians: Algonquian, Iroquois, Seminole, Mandan, Pueblo, and

                Northwest. The final chapter describes Indian homes of the

                present.

 

Bil Hmo E Tib                 

           Tibo, Gilles.  Simon and his boxes : Xaimeem thiab nws cov thawv.

                Union City, Calif. : Pan Asian Publications, c1996.  When

                Simon builds lots of houses from boxes, the animals and fish

                will not stay in them since they already have homes of their

                own, so he finds something else to do with his boxes.

 

E Bur                        

           Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968.  The little house.  Boston :

 

 

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                Houghton Mifflin, [1978] c1942.  A country house is unhappy

                when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up

                around her.

 

E Che                        

           Cherry, Lynne.  The great kapok tree : a tale of the Amazon rain

                forest.  San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1990.  The many

                different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the

                Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the

                importance of not cutting down their home.

 

E Edw                        

           Edwards, Pamela Duncan.  Livingstone Mouse.  1st ed.  New York :

                HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.  An explorer mouse in search

                of China discovers that he must be careful to choose a new

                home that does not offend his sense of smell, sight,

                hearing, taste, or touch.

 

E Lev                        

           Levinson, Riki.  Watch the stars come out.  1st ed.  New York :

                Dutton, c1985.  Grandma tells about her mama's journey to

                America by boat, years ago.

 

E Ryl                        

           Rylant, Cynthia.  The relatives came.  New York : Bradbury Press,

                c1985.  The relatives come to visit from Virginia and

                everyone has a wonderful time.

 

E Ryl                        

           Rylant, Cynthia.  The relatives came.

 

E Zem                        

           Zemach, Margot.  It could always be worse : a Yiddish folk tale.

                Sunburst ed.  [New York] : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990,

                c1976.  Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any

                longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.

 

F All                        

           Allard, Harry.  It's so nice to have a wolf around the house.

                1st ed.  Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1977.  Cuthbert Q.

                Devine tries to hide the fact that he is a wolf with a shady

                past by becoming the companion to a kind old man and his

                pets.

 

PB e                         

           Relf, Patricia.  The magic school bus hops home : a book about

                animal habitats.  New York : Scholastic, c1995.  Ms.

                Frizzle's class learns about the kinds of homes and living

                conditions that various animals require.

 

PB e                         

           Chessen, Betsey, 1970-.  Where do birds live?  New York :

                Scholastic, c1998.  Describes, in simple text and

                photographs, the different kinds of places in which birds

                make their homes.

 

PB e                         

           Hoberman, Mary Ann.  A house is a house for me.  1st ed.  New

                York : Viking Press, 1978.  Lists in rhyme the dwellings of

                various animals and things.

 

 

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PB e                         

           Waters, Kate.  The story of the White House.  New York :

                Scholastic, c1991.  Text and photographs depict the history

                and trivia of the White House and its tenants.

 

VC                           

           The Relatives came.