Author: Angela Elwell Hunt Title: The Tale of Three Trees
Book Genre: Traditional Folktale Publisher: Lion Publishing
Summary: This is a folktale about three trees that live on a mountaintop. Each one dreams about what they want to be when they grow up. Their wishes end up coming true but not in the way they expected. Children will understand the significance of Jesus’ life and suffering.
Personal rating: *****
Pages: 25
Rationale: Loved it, it let’s children know that they have a purpose and why, easy text
Reading level: 2.6 Interest level: pre K-4
Thematic Areas: suffering, forgiveness, strengths, weaknesses, sacrifice
Content Areas: science, religion, Easter, Christmas
Potential Problems or Difficulties: there might be students of other faiths in the classroom, so introduce it as a legend about trees or encourage children to understand other faiths
Possible use in classroom:
· Use to help teach the meaning of Easter
· Use to help teach the meaning of Christmas
· Have a lesson on different kinds of trees
· Have them to journal and illustrate, if they were a tree what type would they be
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