November 2007
Web Resources
Meet Pam Munoz Ryan
Pam Muñoz Ryan is the 2007 Author Recipient of the National Education Association’s Human and Civil Rights Award. She has written over thirty books for children that include those for the very young: Mud is Cake, Mice and Beans, Hello Ocean; picture books for older readers: Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, Nacho and Lolita; and the novels Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León, Riding Freedom and Paint the Wind. Her books have received many accolades, including the Pura Belpré Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, the Americas Award Honor, the ALA Schneider Family Award, and the Tomás Rivera Award.
Additional Resources
- Celebrate American Indian Heritage Month
Lessons from the Land of the Maya. - Keep ’em Reading: Teddy Bear Day Celebration
A teddy bear-themed incentive program and party. - Reader’s Theater Script for When Marian Sang
Book by Pam Munoz Ryan, Script by Toni Buzzeo. - Freebies, Doodads, & Helpful Hints
- CBW Favorite Books
- Dewey’s Delicious Cafe
- November Words
- Aviation History Month Matching Game
- Throwing a View from Saturday Tea Party
- Curriculum Connections: Award Winners!
Winners Match Game and Diagram Multiple Award Winners worksheets.