Get Dressed (Small World) [Paperback]

Gwenyth Swain (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Small World (Lerner Publishing)

All over the world children get dressed. This volume looks at how children learn to take care of themselves. Using photographs and short texts it aims to give beginning readers and pre-school children a glimpse of the ways peoples' lives are the same and different the world over.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: First Avenue Editions (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575051591
• ISBN-13: 978-1575051598
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 8.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #523,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the very few good children's books out there!, August 27, 2011

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Ivy (Northern California) - See all my reviews

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Recommended by a Montessori link, this series of books is outstanding. It portrays real children in their native or celebratory clothes from various countries and continents. My 21- month old loves this book and all others from this series. There is a bit of information on the last page about each picture, which will be useful once he is older. I can talk about the continent/country where the picture was taken, why the child is bundled up or dressed loosely, etc. It can serve as an opener to discuss other topics, such as poverty and war, since there are also pictures of children in homeless shelters and refugee camps. I see a lot of potential for future use.

The reason why I call this one of the few good children's books, is because most books include non-natural depictions of inane characters, animals, cartoons of imaginary creatures, etc. For a very young child, it is questionable whether they can distinguish reality from fantasy, and the real world is quite fascinating to them anyway, so why clog their mind with such rubbish?

The only complaint I have is the somewhat tepid rhyme, but I usually talk about the pictures in my own words and ignore the text.

5.0 out of 5 stars Books young children Love, March 11, 2007

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Moneek Pines (Philly) - See all my reviews
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This is wonderful collection of books by Gwenyth Swain. These are a must have for any earlychildhood educator or parent of young children. This book shows children from around the world in their different outfits with simple
text. In the back of the book there are some great extensions for activities that extend the experience of reading. Check out her others Bedtime! Carrying, Celebrating, Eating, Smiling, Tidy Up!, Wash Up!, and Eating.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginner ELLs, July 17, 2010

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Ana Lado "PH.D." - See all my reviews

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This book is an essential in a classroom with ELLs. The pictures will tap their background knowledge and the simplicity allows them to master the language quickly. The questions in the text can be used to teach that sentence structure. The text accompanying the index can also be taught.