On Location: Settings from Famous Children's Books

Introduce students to the settings of well-loved children's books with engaging selections and a variety of geography and extension activities from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods, Marion Dane Bauer's On My Honor, Carol Ryrie Brink's Caddie Woodlawn and Magical Melons, Sterling North's Rascal, and Irene Hunt's Across Five Aprils. Also included are attractive and detailed maps, drawings, and photographs. As readers experience stories in the context of their settings, they build their knowledge of geography, literature, history, social studies, mathematics, and science. Grades 3-8.