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Prairie School Paperback – Illustrated, July 1 2003
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Reading the prairie
It's the 1880s, Noah works hard on the family farm and roams free on the Colorado prairie. One day his Aunt Dora arrives to give him some schooling. Noah doesn't think he needs it. What use is reading on the prairie? But what Noah discovers will change his life forever.
- Reading age4 - 8 years
- Print length48 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 4
- Lexile measure540L
- Dimensions13.97 x 0.48 x 21.59 cm
- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication dateJuly 1 2003
- ISBN-109780060513184
- ISBN-13978-0060513184
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About the Author
Avi is the award-winning author of more than eighty-two books for young readers, ranging from animal fantasy to gripping historical fiction, picture books to young adult novels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead won the Newbery Medal, and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth were awarded Newbery Honors. He is also the author of the popular Poppy series. Avi lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit him online at www.avi-writer.com.
Bill Farnsworth has been illustrating books for more than twenty years. Among the many books he has illustrated for children are The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn, Mississippi Going North by Sanna Anderson Baker, and THE BUFFALO jump by Peter Roop. A resident of Venice, Florida, Mr. Farnsworth also has a website.
Product details
- ASIN : 0060513187
- Publisher : HarperCollins; Illustrated edition (July 1 2003)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 48 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780060513184
- ISBN-13 : 978-0060513184
- Item weight : 77.1 g
- Dimensions : 13.97 x 0.48 x 21.59 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #59,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author

More info at avi-writer.com and facebook.com/avi.writer
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Avi is part of a family of writers extending back into the 19th century. Born in 1937 and raised in New York City, Avi was educated in local schools, before going to the Midwest and then back to NYC to complete his education. Starting out as a playwright--while working for many years as a librarian--he began writing books for young people when the first of his kids came along.
His first book was Things That Sometimes Happen, published in 1970, and recently reissued. Since then he has published seventy books. Winner of many awards, including the 2003 Newbery award for Crispin: the Cross of Lead (Hyperion), two Newbery Honors, two Horn Book awards, and an O'Dell award, as well as many children's choice awards, he frequently travels to schools around the country to talk to his readers.
Among his most popular books are Crispin: The Cross of Lead, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Nothing but the Truth, the Poppy books, Midnight Magic, and The Fighting Ground.
In 2008 he published The Seer of Shadows (HarperCollins), A Beginning a Muddle and an End (Harcourt), Hard Gold (Hyperion) and Not Seeing is Believing, a one-act play in the collection, Acting Out (Simon and Schuster). Crispin: the End of Time, the third in the Newbery Award-winning series, was published in 2010. City of Orphans was released in 2011, receiving a number of starred reviews. Learn more at Avi-writer.com. Follow Avi on Facebook, facebook.com/avi.writer, where he shares an inside look at his writing process.
Avi lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife and family.
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The book is part of the I Can Read series. It's a level 4, for grade 2-4. This is a good introduction to historical fiction.
I would recommed this book. It would make a great read aloud while learning about the 1880's.
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Noahの一家は、コロラド平原で自然を相手に暮らしています。
両親は、自分たちの学のなさを残念に思い、一人息子のNoahには学問を授けたいと考えます。
近くに学校があるわけではないので、教師経験のある妻の姉が長期滞在中にNoahの勉学を見ることになります。
両親やおばさんの思いとは裏腹に、こんな平原にすんでいて学問が何の役に立つのかさっぱりわからないNoahにとっては、「学ぶ」ことは無駄なこととしか思えません。
「読み」から教えようとするおばさんから逃げ回ってばかりいるNoahですが、教える側のおばさんの視点が転換し、Noahの興味のある自然に関連付けて教えるようにしてから「学ぶこと」は生活に直結することに気がつき、進んで学ぶようになります。
この物語では、Noahが自力で本を読めるようになったところで、おばさんの教師としての役割が終了し、あとはNoahが自力で本から学んでいくという展開なのですが、これこそ「学習」の原点だと痛感します。
与えられる学習に慣れてしまっている現代っ子たちも、自ら学ぶ姿勢を取り戻してほしいものです。
自助学習に一番大切なのは「読む力」、'reading'。
その通りだと思います。
Boys and girls, men and women, let's read a lot of books !



