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BookTrek: the Countries Germany

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years, 10 months ago
What We Did in Germany !
Music
 
All the Best from Germany. 1980.
 
 
Story
 
Scheffler, Ursel. The Giant Apple. 1990.
 
Wildsmith, Brian. The BremenTown Band. 1999.
 
Activities
 
First-DaySchool Cones : “Entering the first grade in Germany is a special day for German children. On that day, parents give their children a giant cone filled with cookies, candies, and small toys”.
From: Papercrafts Around the World by Phyllis Fiarotta and Noel Fiarotta.1996. 
 
Food
 
Bahlsen Butter Leibniz: “In 1891 Hermann Bahlsen, the company’s founder, created these butter biscuits and named them after Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnix, the most famous citizen of his hometown of Hanover. Leibnix, born in 1646, was a philosopher, mathematician and physicist.” 
 
Game
 
Ducks Fly: This game is similar to the game “Simon Says,” but it is based on animals or things that fly. When the caller says things like “All ducks fly,” participants pretend to fly, but if the caller says “Rabbits fly,” no one should move. If someone moves, he or she is out of the game.
 
Germany Booklist
 

Nonfiction

Traditional Tales

The Juniper Tree and Other Stories by Lore Segal. 1973.

The Sleeping  Beauty by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. 1995.

Snow White & Rose Red by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. 1992.

Hansel and Gretel by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. 2001.

Rapunzel by Alix Berenzy. 1995.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Jacob Grimm. 1995.

The Bremen Town Band by Brian Wildsmith. 1999.

Rumpelstilskin by Paul O. Zelinsky. 1986.

 

Information

Germany by Susan Gray. 2003.

Germany ABCs: a Book about the People and Places of Germany by Sarah Heiman. 2003.

Germany by Kremena Spengler. 2005.

 

Art and Activity

Global Art by MaryAnn F. Kohl and Jean Potter. 1998.

The Kids’ Multicultural Cookbook by Deanna F. Cook. 1995.

The Kids’ Around the World Cookbook by Deri Robins. 1994.

Papercrafts Around the World by Phyllis Fiarotta and Noel Fiarotta. 1996.

 

Picture Books

Craddox, Sonia. Sleeping Boy. 1999.

Galdone, Paul. The Elves and the Shoemaker. 1984.

Heine, Helme. The Boxer and the Princess. 1998.

Hoestlandt, Jo. Star of Fear, Star of Hope. 1995.

Lemieux, Michele. What’s that Noise? 1984.

Scheffler, Ursel. The Giant Apple. 1990.

 

Websites

A to Z Kids Stuff

http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/gerxmas.html

Find Stories, art and math and science on this fun site.

Germany for Kids

http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/culture/life/G_Kids/index.htm

Facts about Germany from the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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