| Beardream Contributor(s): Hobbs, Will (Author), Kastner, Jill (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689835361 ISBN-13: 9780689835360 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2000 Annotation: Spring has come to the Ute village, but Short Tail and his people are concerned because the Great Bear has not awakened. While going to the mountains to find the Great Bear, Short Tail falls asleep and slips into a magical dream in which the Great Bear teaches him a wonderful secret to take back to his people. Color illustrations. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Bears - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Age Level: 5-8 |
| Grade Level: Kindergarten-3 |
| Lexile Measure: 570 AD (Adult Directed Text) |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 9.05" W x 12.03" L (0.40 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 19489 Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Spring has come to the muntains, and the bears have emerged from their winter's sleep -- all but the Great Bear, who sleeps on in his den. In the Ute village, a boy called Short Tail worries that the Geat Bear will starve if he doesn't waken. So Short Tail heads off into the mountains to rouse the Great Bear. But on the way to the Great Bear's den, Short Tail too falls asleep, and slips into a magical dream in which the Great Bear teaches him a wornderful secret to share with his people. Will Hobbs's lyrical text and Jill Kastner's rich, evoctive oil paintings bring the story of a Native American tradition ot vivid life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Short, Deborah J.: - Dr. Short is a division director at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, D.C. She has worked as a teacher, trainer, researcher, and curriculum/materials developer. Her work at CAL has concentrated on the integration of language learning with content-area instruction. Through several national projects, she has conducted research and provided professional development and technical assistance to local and state education agencies across the United States. She directed the ESL Standards and Assessment Project for TESOL and co-developed the SIOP model for sheltered instruction. Dr. Short's monographs include: Extend Your Students' Reach and Move Them Toward Independence, Base Your ESL Instruction in the Content Areas, Reach for the Common Core, Structural Supports for English Learners, Comprehensive and Responsive Assessment, and Developing Academic Literacy in Adolescents.Tinajero, Josefina Villamil: - Dr. Tinajero specializes in staff development and school-university partnership programs and has consulted with school districts in the U.S. to design ESL, bilingual, literacy, and bi-literacy programs. She has served on state and national advisory committees for standards development, including the English as a New Language Advisory Panel of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards and the Texas Reading Academies. She is currently professor of Education and Interim Dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas at El Paso and was President of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1997-2000. Dr. Tinajero's monograph is titled Teaching the Fundamentals.Schifini, Alfredo: - Dr. Schifini assists schools across the nation and around the world in developing comprehensive language and literacy programs for English learners. He has worked as an ESL teacher, reading specialist, school administrator and university professor. Through an arrangement with California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Dr. Schifini currently serves as program consultant to two large teacher-training efforts in the area of reading for second language speakers of English. His research interests include early literacy and language development and the integration of language and content-area instruction.Hobbs, Will: - Will Hobbs is the award-winning author of many popular adventure stories for young readers, including Bearstone and Beardance. His picture book, Beardream, illustrated by Jill Kastner, is a companion to these novels. Seven of his novels have been chosen by the American Library Association as Best Books for Young Adults. A graduate of Stanford University and former language arts teacher, he lives in Durango, Colorado, with his wife, Jean. Longtime backpackers and river runners, they have spent many years exploring the mountain and canyon settings of Will's stories. To learn more about the author and his books, visit Will's Web site at www.WillHobbsAuthor.com. |
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