Lions

Written and illustrated by Ms. Kassel-Day's 2nd Grade Art and Library Class

Lions
Written and illustrated by Mrs. Kassel-Day's 2nd Grade Art and Library Class Consulting Artist: Mrs. Lustgarten Consulting Librarian: Mrs. Hembree
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BulldogReader Press, Copyright 2013

Dedication Page
The students in Mrs. Kassel-Day's class dedicates this book to ~~~Our families who love us! ~~~All the endangered Lions in the world! ~~~Our Books to Africa partners in Ghana, Lesotho and South Africa
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Table of Contents
Where Lions Live5 What Lions Look Like11 What Lions Eat.17 How Lions Live..22 Glossary.31 Internet Sites.32 Index ..33 Works Consulted.34 The Process.35 Eric Carle Style Art...... 36 Books to Africa Project.38
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Cage

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Gavin

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Glossary
Africa- the second largest continent Asia- one of the seven continents blind- unable to see cub a young Lion habitat the natural place where an animal lives mammal- an animal that has a backbone, breathes air and nurses its babies with milk. prey- an animal hunted by another animal
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Internet Sites
The following websites have been researched by Mrs. Hembree and are fun and safe web resources for more information about Lions and the author Eric Carle. Eric Carle: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
Facthound: www.facthound.com National Geographic: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/Li on/
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Index

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Africa, 5,6,10 Asia, 6,10 Cubs, 16,26 Habitat, 5,12,25 Lifespan, 27,28 Mammal, 8,26 Spots, 11,14,21 Weight, 21 Wildcat, 7,8,9,15

Works Consulted
Carney, Elizabeth. Kids Everything Big Cat. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2011. Print. Lions. PebbleGo. www.pebblego.com. February, 2013. McClung, Michael. "Lions." New Book of Knowledge. Vol. 11. Danbury , CT: Scholastic Library Publishing, 2007. Print. Stone, Lynn M. Lions. Vero Beach , FL: Rourke Publishing, 1989. Print. Welsbacher, Anne. Lions. Edina, MN: Abdo, 2000. Print.
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The Process
1. 2. 3. 4. Mrs. Hembree, librarian and Mrs. Lustgarten, art experience leader worked collaboratively on this project. Students created the art with Mrs. Lustgarten. The pages were then scanned and imported into a powerpoint slide. In Mrs. Hembrees library class, they read about giraffes using books and the database PebbleGo. In groups they wrote facts about an aspect of the giraffe. They then typed their facts onto a scanned image of their original art in powerpoint. The students learned to format the textbox, change font and size of text. They narrated their slide and Mrs. Hembree compiled the slides into both a powerpoint e-Book and pdf style e-Book. Fifth grade students created the Works Consulted slide for the second grade students.

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African Endangered Animals -Eric Carle Style

Students learned about the collage storybook artist and author Eric Carle. He handpaints papers that he later cuts and uses to create collages to illustrate his stories.
To complement Mrs. Hembrees Books to Africa project, students created an African endangered animal in a collage using papers that they handpainted and also using papers in their art that their classmates created.
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African Endangered Animals -Eric Carle Style

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Books to Africa Project

This book is part of a 2012-2013 school-wide library literacy project started by Mrs. Hembree after she found hundreds of childrens picture books not being used. Volunteer students formed a planning team, named the project Books to Africa and designed a logo. They raised money for postage to send books to four partner schools in Ghana, Lesotho, and South Africa. Each class learned about an aspect of Africa in their library class and created a joint project reflecting their learning. 38