World Geography Weeks 2 - 8 (North America, South America, Europe, Asia)

Combined with our continent studies each week, we work on some general geography skills such as learning to tell directions on a map (N, S, E, W); learning which continents are located in which hemispheres (northern, southern, eastern, western); learning about the equator as a line of demarcation on the earth; working with various land and water forms, etc.

In our second class, we touched on a variety of topics related to North America, including our neighbors Canada and Mexico.  We completed map work for all these countries, as well.  My sensory boxes contain dolls or puppets in traditional dress, native carvings, landmark cards, small animals from various Toobs (available from Safari, Ltd. at Michael's, Hobby Lobby and various other stores), CD's or tapes of native music, etc.  We don't have time to cover everything in these short classes, but we try!

Library book suggestions for South America:

Aloian, Molly. Explore South America. New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., 2007.  
Braun, Eric. Tamarins. Austin : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2002. 

Cobb, Vicki. This place is high. New York : Walker, 1989.

Dewey, Jennifer. Poison dart frogs. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 1998.

Dingus, Lowell. The tiniest giants : discovering dinosaur eggs. New York, N.Y. : Random House, c1999.

Elbl, Martin. Tales from the Amazon. Milwaukee, Wis. : Penworthy Pub. Co., c1986.

Heinrichs, Ann. Brazil. New York : Childrens Press, 1997.

Heinrichs, Ann. Venezuela. New York : Children's Press, c1997.

Hynson, Colin. You wouldn't want to be an Inca mummy! : a one-way journey you'd rather not make. New York : Franklin Watts, 2008.

Knox, Barbara. Peru. Mankato, Minn. : Blue Earth Books, c2004.

Knutson, Barbara. Love and roast chicken : a trickster tale from the Andes Mountains. Minneapolis : Lerner Pub. Group, c2004.

Kurtz, Jane. Miro in the kingdom of the sun. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996.

Lessem, Don. Bigger than T. rex : the discovery of Giganotosorus, the biggest meat-eating dinosaur ever found. New York : Crown Publishers, c1997.

Lourie, Peter. Lost treasure of the Inca. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c1999.

Mann, Elizabeth. Machu Picchu. New York : Mikaya Press, c2000.

McDermott, Gerald. Jabutí the tortoise : a trickster tale from the Amazon. San Diego : Harcourt, c2001.

Parnell, Helga. Cooking the South American way. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1991.

Pipes, Rose. Rain forests. Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1998.

Pitcher, Caroline. Mariana and the merchild : a folk tale from Chile. Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2000.

Pitkänen, Matti A. The grandchildren of the Incas. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 1991.

Tompert, Ann. The Pied Piper of Peru. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2002.

Van Laan, Nancy. So say the little monkeys. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1998.

 

Since North and South America both contain fewer countries, these make good places to start in memorizing countries (or at least some of the more notable ones).  I handed out a South American map that was labeled, along with a similar blank map so that they could color and cut out the blank and use it as practice for learning their countries.  Montessori maps for these countries or a large, simple puzzle would also work!

 

For South America, we talked a lot about the rainforest and its animals, but there are many topics that could be covered!  Time is our only real constraint for this class....  (I believe Chick-fil-a is currently handing out animal cards in its children's meals and those might make a good addition to sensory boxes).

 

I provided worry dolls to each child in my class, along with their story (Guatemala - North America) and small ocarina's when we studied South America (we watched online videos and listened to a CD I have of the group Andes Mante).

 

We continue to keep a passport book with stickers added for each continent we visit.  I also have some stamps I am sharing with them from various countries (flag stickers, animal stickers, etc.)  We continue to work on learning all the continents and oceans with a simple map each week (Montessori).

 

Book suggestions for Europe:

 

Bader, Philip. France. Vero Beach, Fla. : Rourke Book Co., c2001.  
Davis, Kevin A. Look what came from Germany. New York : F. Watts, c1999. 

Davis, Kevin A. Look what came from the Netherlands. New York : Franklin Watts, c2002.

DeFelice, Cynthia C. Three perfect peaches : a French folktale. New York : Orchard Books, c1995.

DePaola, Tomie. The mysterious giant of Barletta : an Italian folktale. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1984.

DePaola, Tomie. The legend of Old Befana : an Italian Christmas story. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanich, c1980.

DePaola, Tomie. Tony's bread : an Italian folktale. New York : Putnam, c1989.

Favorite fairy tales told in Germany. Boston : Little, Brown, 1959.

French, Vivian. Why the sea is salt. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1993.

Hamilton, Martha. Priceless gifts : a folktale from Italy. Atlanta : August House LittleFolk, 2007.

Harvey, Miles. Look what came from Italy. New York : Franklin Watts, c1998.

Haskins, James. Count your way through Italy. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1990.

Heinrichs, Ann. The Netherlands. New York : Children's Press, c2003.

Heyer, Marilee. The girl, the fish & the crown : a Spanish folktale. New York : Viking, c1995.

Hintz, Martin. Spain. New York : Children's Press, 2004.

Hodges, Margaret. The hero of Bremen. New York : Holiday House, c1993.

Jaffe, Nina. The way meat loves salt : a Cinderella tale from the Jewish tradition. New York : Holt, 1998.

Kirstein, Lincoln. Puss in boots. Boston : Little, Brown, c1992.

Lord, Richard. Germany. Milwaukee : G. Stevens, 1997.

Maddern, Eric. The king and the seed. London : Frances Lincoln Children's, 2009.

Park, Ted. France. Austin : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c2000.

Reyevsky, Inna. The talking tree : an old Italian tale. New York : Putnam, c1990.

Tagholm, Sally. The rabbit. New York : Kingfisher, c2000.

Van Woerkom, Dorothy. The queen who couldn't bake gingerbread : an adaptation of a German folk tale. New York : Knopf, c1975.

Yanuck, Debbie L. Spain. Mankato, Minn. : Blue Earth Books, c2004.

 

I used a lot of the coloring sheets from Dover's Around the World coloring book as we studied Europe:

 

I also used additional map work from my geography file that I've used for years.  Enchanted Learning offers a LOT of geography worksheets of various sorts now that some might find useful.  Many of them would be appropriate for upper elementary, too.

 

I don't recall whether or not I've mentioned this, but each week the children in my class are also adding animal stickers to a globe that I got from Oriental Trading (Antarctica is spelled incorrectly):

 

http://www.orientaltrading.com/continents-and-animals-sticker-scenes-a2-9_1130-12-1.fltr?Ntt=sticker globe animals of the world

 

I also obtained some flags of the world pencils and key chains from them that I will give out as we move through the class....

 

Again, don't recall whether I've mentioned it, but this is also where I got the passports I'm using, although I'm adding additional stickers and stamps:

 

http://www.orientaltrading.com/my-passport-sticker-books-a2-9_1081-12-1.fltr?Ntt=passports

 

We read at least one little story each week from a country on the continent we are studying (if we have time).  I have primarily used a little book by Usborne:  Stories from Around the World:

 

 

This past week, I also used some little books we collected from Chick-fil-a over the years.  One is on Children of Europe, and is taken from a DK book, and the other is about discovering London.

(You could use DK's Children Just Like Me or Celebrations!)  You could also use DK's Children Just Like Me: Our Favorite Stories for your story time readings.  We own all these books and love them all!  I am using the little books simply because they fit in my sensory boxes and I can pull them out easily while doing class....

 

 

(This is the full version of a line of DK travel guides.  Chick-fil-a offered a much reduced version....)

 

These little true books, for continents or specific countries, are also good:

 

                              

         

    

   

 

(New cover on the left; old cover on the right....)

 

Here's a web page covering Europe:

 

http://www.ducksters.com/geography/europe.php

 

Interactive map of Europe:

 

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/europe_map.htm

 

We made our own globes from a simple pattern I've had for years.  Here's a more complex pattern online:

 

http://images.brighthub.com/media/63A799_globepattern.pdf

 

 

Next week we will be beginning two weeks of study on Asia.  Here are some suggested books for that:

 

Afanasév, A. N. Russian folk tales. Boulder [Colo.] : Shambhala ;, 1980.  
Arnold, Katya. Baba Yaga : a Russian folktale. New York : North-South Books, c1993. 

Bash, Barbara. In the heart of the village : the world of the Indian Banyan tree. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 1996.

Climo, Shirley. The Korean Cinderella. New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1993.

Croll, Carolyn. The little snowgirl : an old Russian tale. New York : Putnam, c1989.

Demi. One grain of rice : a mathematical folktale. New York : Scholastic Press, c1997.

Demi. The greatest treasure. New York : Scholastic Press, 1998.

Demi. Muhammad. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2003.

Demi. Happy New Year! : Kung-hsi fa-ts'ai!. New York : Crown, 1998.

Demi. Dragon kites and dragonflies : a collection of Chinese nurery rhymes. New York : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1986.

Demi. Kites : magic wishes that fly up to the sky. New York : Crown Publishers, c1999.

Demi. A Chinese zoo : fables and proverbs. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1987.

Demi. The hungry coat : a tale from Turkey. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2004.

Demi. The legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao te ching. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007.

Demi. Marco Polo. Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish Children, c2008.

Demi. The emperor's new clothes : a tale set in China. New York : McElderry Books, c2000.

Demi. Buddha. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1996.

Demi. Su Dongpo : Chinese genius. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2006.

Demi. The Dalai Lama : a biography of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader. New York : Henry Holt, c1998.

Demi. The hallowed horse : a folktale from India. New York : Dodd, Mead, c1987.

Demi. Gandhi. New York : Margaret McElderry Books, c2001.

Demi. Happy, happy Chinese New Year!. New York : Crown Publishers, c1997.

Demi. The fantastic adventures of Krishna.

Demi. Buddha stories. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1997.

Demi. Genghis Khan. Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish Children, 2009.

Demi. The magic gold fish : a Russian folktale. New York : H. Holt, c1995.

Galdone, Paul. A strange servant : a Russian folktale. New York : Knopf, c1977.

Hamilton, Martha. The ghost catcher : a Bengali folktale. Atlanta : August House Little Folk, c2008.

Heo, Yumi. The green frogs : a Korean folktale. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996.

Hickox, Rebecca. The golden sandal : a Middle Eastern Cinderella story. New York : Holiday House, 1998.

Johnston, Tony. The badger and the magic fan : a Japanese folktale. New York : G.P. Putnam's, c1990.

Kim, So-un. Korean children's favorite stories. Boston : Tuttle Pub., 2004.

Kimmel, Eric A. Baba Yaga : a Russian folktale. New York : Holiday House, c1991.

Langton, Jane. Salt : a Russian folktale. New York, N.Y. : Hyperion Books for Children, c1992.

Levine, Arthur A. The boy who drew cats : a Japanese folktale. New York : Dial Books, c1993.

Lewis, J. Patrick. The frog princess : a Russian folktale. New York : Dial Books, c1994.

McDermott, Gerald. The stonecutter : a Japanese folk tale. New York : Viking Press, 1975.

Mikolaycak, Charles. Babushka : an old Russian folktale. New York : Holiday House, c1984.

Nagishkin, Dmitriĭ. Folktales of the Amur : stories from the Russian Far East. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1980.

Newton, Patricia Montgomery. The five sparrows : a Japanese folktale. New York : Atheneum, 1982.

Newton, Patricia Montgomery. The stonecutter : an Indian folktale. New York : Putnam, c1990.

Oram, Hiawyn. Baba Yaga & the wise doll : a traditional Russian folktale. New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1998.

Ransome, Arthur. The fool of the world and the flying ship : a Russian tale. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

Reyher, Rebecca. My mother is the most beautiful woman in the world : a Russian folktale. New York : Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, c1945.

Rhee, Nami. Magic spring : a Korean folktale. New York : Putnam, c1993.

Riordan, James. Russian folk-tales. Oxford ;: Oxford University Press, c2000.

Rose, Naomi C. Tibetan tales from the top of the world. Santa Fe, N.M. : Clear Light Pub., c2009.

San Souci, Daniel. In the moonlight mist : a Korean tale. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 1999.

San Souci, Robert D. The samurai's daughter : a Japanese legend. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1992.

Shahrukh Husain. The wise fool : fables from the Islamic world. Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2011.

Shepard, Aaron. The sea king's daughter : a Russian legend. New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.

Shute, Linda. Momotaro, the Peach Boy : a traditional Japanese tale. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1986.

Singh, Rina. Nearly nonsense : Hoja tales from Turkey. Toronto : Tundra Books, c2011.

Souhami, Jessica. Rama and the demon king : an ancient tale from India. New York : DK Ink, 1997.

Spivak, Dawnine. Grass sandals : the travels of Basho. New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.

Tompert, Ann. Bamboo hats and a rice cake : a tale adapted from Japanese folklore. New York : Crown, c1993.

Walker, Barbara K. A treasury of Turkish folktales for children. Hamden, Conn. : Linnet Books, c1988.

Walker, Richard. The barefoot book of trickster tales. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Barefoot Books, 1998.

Winthrop, Elizabeth. The little humpbacked horse : a Russian tale. New York : Clarion Books, c1997.

Yep, Laurence. The Khan's daughter : a Mongolian folktale. New York : Scholastic, 1997.

 

Here's a website called Time for Kids where you might find additional online info on specific countries:

 

http://www.timeforkids.com/around-the-world

 

Here's a site where you can practice learning the continents and countries of the world:

 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_GL.html

 

 

Regena

 

 

 

 

 

World Geography (again)!

I have found myself unexpectedly teaching World Geography to a small group of young children again this year.  I am going to use the geography boxes I made up last year, with some revisions (please see my post about this from last year:  http://greenapplesblush.blogspot.com/2012/09/intrepid-explorers-begins.html .)

For the first week, we looked at map work in general and I helped the children put together a little Kentucky Journal, containing some basic maps of Kentucky regions, states surrounding ours, etc. as well as lots of info on various state symbols.  They took these home with them and I encouraged them to keep them and make entries whenever they visit various places around the state.

If you don't want to make up your own notebook, you might use one such as the one I'm going to link for younger children:

https://secure.userfriendlyis.com/statehistory.net/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/25/products_id/58/

Here are some pics of the one I made up:

I found the state themed stickers at my local parent/teacher store.  These are notecard sized notebooks so they fit small hands well.  Any printed text that couldn't be cut to fit the page I simply folded....

Here are some of the general and state related books I suggested prior to the first class:

Adams, Simon. The most fantastic atlas of the whole wide world by the Brainwaves. London ;: DK Pub., 2008.  
 

Geography. New York, NY : Kids Discover, 2011.

 

Gifford, Clive. The Kingfisher geography encyclopedia. New York : Kingfisher :, 2011.

Got geography! : poems. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2006.

 

Knowlton, Jack. Geography from A to Z : a picture glossary. New York, NY : Crowell, c1988.

 

Leedy, Loreen. Blast-off to Earth! : a look at geography. New York : Holiday House, c1992.

 

Robson, Pam. Rivers and seas. Brookfield, Conn. : Copper Beech Books, c2001.

Rockwell, Anne F. Our earth. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1998. 

 

Royston, Angela. Maps and symbols. Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1999.

 

Shulevitz, Uri. How I learned geography. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2008. (Haven't gotten to look at this one yet, but it's an award winner.  I think it's about a refugee boy who taught himself geography.  Not sure it it's happy or sad, so you might want to pre-read....) 

 

Smith, Rich. Kentucky. Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub. Co., c2010.

 

Sweeney, Joan. Me on the map. New York : Crown, c1996.  (If everyone has read this one to death, then please skip it!  I know it has been well used by lots of schools, libraries, etc.)

 

Valzania, Kim. Kentucky. New York : Children's Press, 2003.

 

Wade, Mary Dodson. Types of maps. New York : Children's Press, c2003.

 

I also suggested these landform cards for them, which I utilized with some of the kids in my younger geology class last year:

 

www.superteacherworksheets.com  (These are listed under social studies: landforms - but are actually water form cards - I let the kids color them and wrote a simple definition on the back, then had them laminated at my local parent/teacher store.)

 

http://www.dynamic2moms.com/geography-countries (Montessori Landform cards that already include definitions on the back - these are in color, too - also had them laminated.)

 

For next week, we will be looking more in general at the various countries of North America and here is the booklist I suggested for that:

 

Aardema, Verna. Borreguita and the coyote : a tale from Ayutla, Mexico. New York : Knopf, 1991.

 

Bruchac, Joseph. Many nations : an alphabet of Native America. Mahwah, N.J. : Bridgewater Books, 1997.

 

Carling, Amelia Lau. Sawdust carpets. Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre ;, c2005.

 

Carter, Dorothy Sharp. The enchanted orchard : and other folktales of Central America. New York :  

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.

 

Castañeda, Omar S. Abuela's weave. New York : Lee & Low Books, c1993.

 

Colato Laínez, René. My shoes and I. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2010.

 

Connolly, James E. Why the possum's tail is bare : and other North American Indian nature trails.

Owings Mills, Md. : Stemmer House Publishers, c1985. 

 

DeAngelis, Gina. Mexico. Mankato, Minn. : Blue Earth Books, c2003.

 

Fisher, Leonard Everett. Gods and goddesses of the ancient Maya. New York : Holiday House, 1999.

 

Flowers, Pam. Big-enough Anna : the little sled dog who braved the Arctic. Anchorage, AK : Alaska Northwest Books, 2003.

 

Franklin, Sharon. Mexico & Central America. Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c2000.

 

George, Jean Craighead. Luck. New York : Laura Geringer Books, c2006.

 

Gibson, Karen Bush. Plank houses. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2005.

 

Goble, Paul. Remaking the earth : a creation story from the Great Plains of North America. New York : Orchard Books, c1996.

 

Grossman, Patricia. Saturday market. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1994.

 

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Arctic hunter. New York : Holiday House, 1992.

 

Jacobsen, Peter Otto. A family in Central America. New York : The Bookwright Press, 1986.

 

Johnson, Rebecca L. A walk in the desert. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2001.

 

Johnson, Rebecca L. A walk in the rain forest. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2001.

 

Johnston, Tony. Isabel's house of butterflies. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books for Children, 2003.

 

Kalman, Bobbie. Mexico : the culture. New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2009.

 

Krupp, Robin Rector. Let's go traveling in Mexico. New York : Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

 

Lassieur, Allison. The Inuit. Mankato, Minn. : Bridgestone Books, c2000.

 

Lewis, Thomas P. Hill of fire. New York : Harper & Row, 1971.

 

McDermott, Gerald. Raven : a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1993.

 

Preszler, June. Wickiups. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2005.

 

Preszler, June. Pueblos. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2005.

 

Prior, R. W. N. The great monarch butterfly chase. New York : Bradbury Press ;, c1993. 

 

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Iroquois. New York : Holiday House, c1995.

 

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Cheyennes. New York : Holiday House, c1996.

 

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Cherokees. New York : Holiday House, 1996.

 

Ulmer, Michael. The gift of the Inuksuk. Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, 2004.

 

Wood, Douglas. The Windigo's return : a North Woods story. New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 1996.

 

Wright-Frierson, Virginia. A North American rain forest scrapbook. New York : Walker and Co., 1999.

 

Regena

 

Here's a project I've been working on: Sensory Boxes

I have a grand-niece who just turned three and I've been working on putting together several sensory boxes for her so that her mother can begin some pre-school work with her at home.  Her mom and dad both work (and her dad is still in school, too), plus they have a new baby in the family, so I wanted to try to help them out a little.

Here are the boxes that I've created:

Animal friends - lots of matching activities here; two books of animal stories (one is a pop-up counting book); bear stamping activity with a non-toxic stamp pad (I've included a big pad of paper for activities, too); suction-cup gecko to stick on a window; pony finger puppet; bluebird water whistle....

And here is the box closed up.  I cut out various sizes and shapes of felt "leaves" to use as fill:

I made up an "itty-bitty Easter bucket" from some left-over stickers, etc. I had at home.  It is chock full of not just stickers, but also finger puppets and tiny dolls, a maze game, and a couple of books for Easter/spring season, including the classic Peter Rabbit....


I created a counting and sorting/patterning box that uses bright feathers as the fill.  There are large dice to use for number work, as well as numbers on some of the lacing beads (which come in a variety of shapes and colors).  I've included some extra, rainbow laces for the lacing work.  There's a dustpan to "sweep up," a set of flash cards for colors and shapes, and Eric Carle's book about colors....

Here is the box filled:

I created an "art" box that includes more sorting/patterning activities, as well as play dough (with molds), crayons and a big pad of paper, and a "messy mat" (brightly colored place mat).  I included a plastic bin for sorting the pom-poms that are included as "fill."   For fun, there are also a pair of purple sunglasses, an unusual sounding whistle, and rainbow ribbons cut to different sizes (both for wearing in play and for sorting out small, medium, and large (have three sizes of balls in there, too)....

I created an "insect safari" kit, where loads of plastic bugs are hiding in the paper "grass."  There's a felt butterfly mask for fun, as well as a sticky note pad of butterflies that can be attached to all surfaces (and re-used at least a few times).  There are tweezers for fine motor skill work (can be used with the pom-poms in the other kit, too).  Bugs can be collected in the net.  There's a magnifying glass for examining them and a bug's eye viewer to see what things look like from their perspective.  There's a book on butterflies (Let's-Read-and-Find-out-About-Science, level 1) and a butterfly/caterpillar kaleidoscope.  I've included ideas for sorting, patterning, etc.  The place mat seen here can also be used with the animal friends box....

Under the sea includes two lovely little mermaids (cat toys, of all things, but perfect in size, feel, etc.)  The place mat reminds me of a tropical lagoon (but could also be used with the bug box).  I included lots of shells and "sea glass" as my fill.  There's an assortment of tropical fish and a sea turtle that have been hanging out in our animal bin for years.  I included another stamp pad with some seashell stamps I had around the house, too (more patterning work in this box).  I got a little set of sand toys to include (which can also be used with play dough, used for tracing, etc.)  She can use the shovel to scoop up the shells and sea glass, too.  I included Eric Carle's Seahorse.... 

I created index lists to the contents of each box, as well as lists of ideas for activities and laminated those so that they will (hopefully) hold up well....

...and I'm also sending along a selection of nursery rhymes and lullabies, as well as a Little Golden Book about God that is a classic....

 I've almost got everything finished and ready to ship off to them!

Regena