Economics and Geography Lessons
for 32 Children's Books

Developed by Patricia King Robeson and
Barbara Yingling

Sponsored by:

The Council on Economic Education in Maryland
Towson State University
7800 York Road
Towson, MD 21204
410-830-2137
Dr. Carol Jarvis
Executive Director
The Maryland Geographic Alliance
University of Maryland Baltimore County
5401 Wilkens Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21228
410-455-3148
Dr. Sari Bennett
Coordinator

The grade level listed beside each title is referenced to the MCPS Social Studies Curriculum and does not indicate reading level or an appropriate match with other curricula.

Abuela's Weave (Grade 3)

Apple Picking Time (Grade 1)

Bananas-From Manolo to Margie (Grade 3)

The Big Green Pocketbook (Grade 2)

Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? (Grade 5)

The Chester Town Tea Party (Grade 4 )

The Day They Left the Bay (Grade 4)

Down Buttermilk Lane (Grade 2)

Emeka's Gift: An African Counting Story (Grade 3)

Everybody Cooks Rice (Grade 3)

For Rent (Grade 2)

Get Growing (Grades 2-3)

The Goat in the Rug (Grades 2-5)

Going to Town (Grade 2)

Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon (Grade 5)

Houses and Homes (Grade 1)

The House on Maple Street (Grade 2)

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Grade 2)

The Hummingbird's Gift (Grade 3)

The Ice House (Grade 4)

Mama is a Miner (Grade 2)

Masai and I (Grade 3)

Make Way for Ducklings (Grade 1)

On The Way Home: A Dairy of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri in 1894 (Grade 5)

Pancakes, Pancakes! (Grade 1)

Sarah Plain and Tall (Grade 4)

The Silk Route (Grade 5)

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Grade 4)

The Trail on Which They Wept, The Story of a Cherokee Girl (Grade 5)

Two Tickets to Freedom (Grade 4)

Uncle Jed's Barbershop (Grade 2)

When I Was Little (Grade 2)

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Last updated on March 25, 1998
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Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books

Developed by Patricia King Robeson and Barbara Yingling

Economics and Geography Lessons
for 32 Children's Books

Developed by Patricia King Robeson and
Barbara Yingling