Ideal for independent or guided reading. This book can be utilized in many ways:

• use the title of the book as a whole language unit
• use the book as a primary source in your social studies curriculum
• choose the stories to replace less significant stories in your reading anthology
• begin or end your day by discussing the stories

• Djuha’s Sleeve ( Syria)
• The Carvers (Mayan)
• Hurt No Living Thing ( England)
• Age and Wisdom ( Japan)