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Grandfather Tang's Story

TITLE: Grandfather Tang's Story
AUTHOR: Tompert, Ann
ILLUSTRATOR: Parker, Robert Andrew
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishers, Inc
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: New York COPYRIGHT DATE: 1990
ISBN: 517572729 PRICE: $12.95
CULTURAL GROUP: Chinese THEME: Grandparents
SYNOPSIS:
Grandfather tells a story about shape changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them. As new characters are introduced, tangram pieces are rearranged to represent the new character.
CORE BOOK: no

CONTENT CONNECTIONS
SUBJECT: Math GRADE: 1, 2, 3, 4 TOPIC: Tangrams
COMMENTS:
Tangrams are ancient Chinese puzzles that are still used today by adults as well as children. Tans are available to trace from the book.
TECHNOLOGY LINK:
  • Use EARLY MATH (Bright Star Technology) to form a tangram bridge.
  • ANNO'S LEARNING GAMES (Putnam New Media). Go to "Tangrams."

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