Open Court

Grade 1

Journeys

E And

Andrews, Jan. Very last first time. 1st American ed. New York

: Atheneum, 1986, c1985. When the tide recedes, a young

Eskimo girl living in northern Canada, journeys alone for

the first time under the ice, walking on the seabed floor to

gather mussels.

E Bur

Burningham, John. Mr. Gumpy's outing. [1st American ed.]. New

York, : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1970]. Mr. Gumpy

accepts more and more riders on his boat until the

inevitable occurs.

E Bur

Bursik, Rose. Amelia's fantastic flight. 1st ed. New York : H.

Holt, c1992. A young girl builds her own airplane and flies

around the world, "freezing in Finland," "charmed by China,"

and getting "a kick out of Kenya"--before returning home for

dinner.

E Coe

Coerr, Eleanor. The Josefina story quilt. 1st ed. New York :

Harper & Row, c1986. While traveling west with her family

in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling

the experiences of the journey and reserves a special patch

for her pet hen Josefina.

E Dor

Dorros, Arthur. Abuela. New York : Dutton Children's Books,

c1991. While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little

girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly

over the sights of New York City.

E Har

Harvey, Brett. Cassie's journey : going West in the 1860s. 1st

ed. New York : Holiday House, c1988. A young girl relates

the hardships and dangers of traveling with her family in a

covered wagon from Illinois to California during the 1860's.

E Jon

Jonas, Ann. Round trip. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books,

c1983. Black and white illustrations and text record the

sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the

country. The trip to the city is read from front to back and

the return trip, from back to front, upside down.

E San

Sandin, Joan. The long way to a new land. 1st ed. New York,

N.Y. : Harper & Row, c1981. Carl Erik journeys with his

family from Sweden to America during the famine of 1868.

E Say

Say, Allen,. Grandfather's journey. Boston : Houghton Mifflin,

1993. A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's

journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the

feelings of being torn by a love for two different

countries.

E Ste

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Steptoe, John. The story of jumping mouse.

E Taf

Tafuri, Nancy. Have you seen my duckling? 1st ed. New York :

Greenwillow Books, c1984. A mother duck leads her brood

around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.

E Wie

Wiesner, David. Free fall. 1st ed. New York : Lothrop, Lee &

Shepard Books, c1988. A young boy dreams of daring

adventures in the company of imaginary creatures inspired by

the things surrounding his bed.