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APRIL MANNING
The Series: Neighborwood - Earth Literacy for Kids
My intent and vision for the Neighborwood series is to connect children and nature to teach earth literacy to them. I have acquired my MA in earth literacy, and my thesis was teaching earth literacy to kids. My project was this book (Neighborwood: Earth Literacy for Kids), and I have many ideas for the series. Here is my abstract from my thesis: Abstract The themes presented in the earth literacy program are concepts that need to be taught at the beginning of one's education, not at the end. This is the vision behind Earth Literacy for Kids. The Neighborwood series will consist of sets of books that will illustrate the various earth literacy master's program themes, such as the importance of diversity, recycling, and sense of place. The animals that reside in the forest of the Neighborwood are the characters that will be learning the themes along with the reader. The guide through the journey will be the Neighborwood land ambassador, a girl whom they call Lamb.
Neighborwood - Earth Literacy for Kids (Pen pal series #1)
The first book is part of a pen pal series that shows the importance of niches and diversity in communities. This book has a country mouse and a city mouse as pen pals learning how they are similar and how they differ. In this educational tale, Land Ambassador Lamb introduces readers to the Neighborwood, a forest habitat with lots of trees, plants, animals, and insects. Explaining words such as habitat, community, niche, and diversity, she correlates the forest to where readers normally live, eat, sleep, and play.The rest of the pen pal series will include (just to name a few!) land turtle and sea turtle pen pals, and mockingbird and African grey parrot pen pals.
Neighborwood - Earth Literacy for Kids (Pen pal series #2)
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The second book in the pen pal series continues to show the importance of niches and diversity in communities by focusing on the job of bees in the Neighborwood. We also find out what Mockingbird and his pen pal African Grey Parrot learn from each other. Join Lamb for another exciting journey through the Neighborwood!