Books from Cover
to Cover
13 Fifteen-Minute Programs
Grade Level: 3-4
Curriculum Area: Language Arts: Reading
John Robbins introduces students to a variety of exciting
and well-written books to stimulate their desire to read, broaden their reading experience
and abilities, and to suggest what pleasure can come from leisure reading.
Teacher Guide:
36 pages; includes topic index, additional resources, on-air passages, notes about the
authors, related reading, and certificate of achievement.
Programs:
Rich
Mitch 14:40
(Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)
Eleven-year-old Mitch finds his life turned upside down when he wins $250,000 in the
Dazzle-Rama Sweepstakes.
4B Goes
Wild 14:39
(Jamie Gilson)
Fourth graders on a three-day camping trip with their teachers experience frights and
delights.
The
Cabin Faced West 14:40
(Jean Fritz)
Ann Hamilton is unhappy in her new home in the West until one wonderful evening when
George Washington rides up Hamilton Hill and stays for supper.
Program Rights have expired.
The
Little Riders 14:40
(Margaretha Shemin)
Johanna helps Grandfather and Grandmother remove the little riders from the church steeple
and hide them from the Germans during the occupation of Holland in World War II.
Different
Dragons 14:40
(Jean Little)
While spending the weekend with Aunt Rose, Ben comes to grips with his fears of dogs,
thunderstorms, and the dark.
If You
Didn't Have Me 14:30
(Ulf Nilsson)
Spending most of a year with relatives on a farm in southern Sweden while his parents are
busy, a young boy finds inner strengths and unexpected sources of entertainment.
The Kid
in the Red Jacket 14:39
(Barbara Park)
When 10-year-old Howard has to move with his family to a distant state, he is forced to
live on a street named Chester Pewe, adjust to a new school, and get used to being
shadowed by the little girl in a nearby house.
Program Rights have expired.
The
Trouble with Tuck 14:30
(Theodore Taylor)
A girl trains her blind dog to follow and trust a guide dog and develops her own
self-confidence in the process.
Back
Yard Angel 14:29
(Judy Delton)
Although 10-year-old Angel loves her little brother Rags dearly, the constant
responsibility of taking care of him weighs heavily on her young shoulders.
Be a
Perfect Person in Just Three Days! 14:40
(Stephen Manes)
Tired of problems with his sister, parents, and classmates, Milo is delighted to find a
book in the library that promises to make him perfect in only three days.
Going
Home 14:38
(Nicholasa Mohr)
Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico for the first time,
11-year-old Felita must come to terms with her heritage.
The
Search for Grissi 14:29
(Mary Francis Shura)
Eleven-year-old Peter feels uncomfortable at home and school after his family moves to
Brooklyn. But the search for his sister's missing cat opens up a new life for him.
Bella
Arabella 14:40
(Liza Fosburgh)
Pampered ten-year-old Arabella thinks that by becoming a cat she can avoid being sent to a
boarding school.
The
Green Book 14:40
(Jill Paton Walsh)
Refugees from the dying planet Earth establish a settlement on a new planet.
|