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Miura, T. (2004). Tools. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, LLC.
Grades: Preschool to 3rd
Awards:
2006 Parent’s Choice Recommended
Summary: This unique concept book focuses on tools and occupations. In this book, the author uses a double-page spread to identify each tool. On the next page, the author tells the name of the worker that would use the set of tools, such as a carpenter. The challenge for the older readers is to guess what each set of tools would go to what occupation.
Credibility of Author: Taro Miura is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer, which makes him knowledgeable about what types of tools that would go with each occupation.
Descriptions of Illustrations: The illustrations in this book were rendered in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. The shapes of each tool show up clear on the colored background of each page. The workers are pictured against a white background.
National Standards: The History of Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World and Role of the Citizen
Access features: There is a book jacket on this book that gives a brief overview of the book and author.
My response to the book: I really enjoyed this book. I was only stumped by one occupation and that was the watch maker. Even Taro Miura is from Japan, the tools that he used in this book are from the U.S. The only tool that I recognized that was given a different name was the try square. I know this tool by the name of a framing square.
How I would use this book in my classroom:
I would use this book when discussing occupations and things that each must have to accomplish a task. This would be a great book to teach responsibility. It can help children realize that they have an occupation as a student and that they are responsible for having their tools.
Related text: All About Tools : A Learn-About Book by Susan Hood, School Tools by Inez Snyder, and What Do People Do?: A Learn-About Book by Catherine Lukas
Miura, T. (2004). Tools. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, LLC.
Grades: Preschool to 3rd
Awards:
2006 Parent’s Choice Recommended
Summary: This unique concept book focuses on tools and occupations. In this book, the author uses a double-page spread to identify each tool. On the next page, the author tells the name of the worker that would use the set of tools, such as a carpenter. The challenge for the older readers is to guess what each set of tools would go to what occupation.
Credibility of Author: Taro Miura is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer, which makes him knowledgeable about what types of tools that would go with each occupation.
Descriptions of Illustrations: The illustrations in this book were rendered in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. The shapes of each tool show up clear on the colored background of each page. The workers are pictured against a white background.
National Standards: The History of Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World and Role of the Citizen
Access features: There is a book jacket on this book that gives a brief overview of the book and author.
My response to the book: I really enjoyed this book. I was only stumped by one occupation and that was the watch maker. Even Taro Miura is from Japan, the tools that he used in this book are from the U.S. The only tool that I recognized that was given a different name was the try square. I know this tool by the name of a framing square.
How I would use this book in my classroom:
I would use this book when discussing occupations and things that each must have to accomplish a task. This would be a great book to teach responsibility. It can help children realize that they have an occupation as a student and that they are responsible for having their tools.
Related text: All About Tools : A Learn-About Book by Susan Hood, School Tools by Inez Snyder, and What Do People Do?: A Learn-About Book by Catherine Lukas
1 comment:
Tools by Ann Morris seems like a related text.. Also, Lois Ehlert's Hands that focuses on things men and women do with their hands--some tools are included.
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