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Nina's Treasures

TITLE: Nina's Treasures
AUTHOR: Czernecki, Stefan and Rhodes, Timothy
ILLUSTRATOR: Czernecki, Stefan
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: New York COPYRIGHT DATE: 1990
ISBN: 920534651 PRICE: $14.95
CULTURAL GROUP: European THEME: Eggs
SYNOPSIS:
Katerina runs of out food near the end of the winter but her Nina saves the day by laying exquisite multicolored eggs.
CORE BOOK: no

CONTENT CONNECTIONS
SUBJECT: Science GRADE: K TOPIC: Living Things
ILLUSTRATIVE LESSON
COMMENTS:
Can be used in conjuction with Chicken Sunday, Flossie and the Fox, and Rechenka's Eggs which also deal with "eggs."
TECHNOLOGY LINK:
  • Use KID PIX STUDIO (Broderbund) to create "pysanky" (Ukranian eggs) as shown on page 56 of the KID PIX AROUND THE WORLD ACTIVITY BOOK) by Barbara Chan (Addison Wesley, 1994).
SUBJECT: Social Studies GRADE: 1 TOPIC: Food
ILLUSTRATIVE LESSON

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