Open Court

Grade 1

Our Neighborhood at Work

306.8 Lei

Leiner, Katherine. Both my parents work. New York : F. Watts,

1986. Ten children whose parents work describe how they

adapt their daily routines to fit busy family schedules.

332.1 Bag

Bagley, Katie. Bank tellers. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone

Books, c2001. Provides information about bank tellers,

discussing what they do, where they work, the skills they

need, the tools they use, and how they learn their job; and

includes instructions for a money activity.

381 Gre

Greene, Carol. Grocers sell us food. Chanhassen, MN : the

Child's World, c1999. Describes, in simple text and

photographs, the jobs of the various people who work in a

grocery store.

398 Wie

Wiesner, William. Turnabout;. New York, : Seabury Press,

[1972]. A farmer gains a new appreciation of his wife's

daily work when they switch duties for one day.

398.2 Hag

Hague, Kathleen. The man who kept house. 1st ed. New York :

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1981. Convinced his work in the

fields is harder than his wife's work at home, a farmer

trades places with her for the day.

642.5 Kil

Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer. School cafeteria workers. Vero

Beach, Fla. : Rourke, [2000], c2001. Describes the school

cooks' day as they prepare and serve breakfast and lunch and

clean up the kitchen afterwards.

AV Kit

The Little Red Lighthouse:1book/cass.

E Bur

Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968. Mike Mulligan and his steam

shovel. [60th anniversary [ed.]]. Boston : Houghton

Mifflin, [1999], c1967. Although Mike Mulligan's steam

shovel is too old fashioned to compete with newer models,

the people of Popperville find a way to keep them working.

E Gra

Gramatky, Hardie, 1907-. Little Toot : pictures and story. New

York : Putnam, [1978] c1967. Little Toot the tugboat

conquers his fear of rough seas when he single-handedly

rescues an ocean liner during a storm.

E Roc

Rockwell, Anne F. Career day. 1st ed. [New York] :

HarperCollins, c2000. Each child in Mrs. Madoff's class

brings a visitor who tells the group about his or her job.

E Wil

Williams, Vera B. A chair for my mother. New York : Greenwillow

Books, c1982. A child, her waitress mother, and her

grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after

all their furniture is lost in a fire.

SPA 759.972 Win

Winter, Jonah. Diego. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random

House, c1991. Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and

how it influenced his art.

VC

Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel.