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Read books about light and shadows.

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Materials

Here are the read-aloud books for the three-week shadow curriculum. Add these books in the Library Center:

  • Tompert, Ann. Nothing Sticks Like a Shadow
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis. My Shadow
  • Swinburne, Stephen R. Guess Whose Shadow?
  • Ring, Susan. Light and Shadow
  • Bulla, Clyde Robert. What Makes a Shadow?
  • Silverman, Buffy. Me and My Shadow: A Book about Light
  • Gore, Sheila. My Shadow

Additional Books (Optional)

  • Lee, Suzy. Shadow
  • Keats, Ezra Jack. Dreams
  1. Peep and friends!
  2. National Science Foundation
  3. 9Story
  4. American Public Television
  5. TVOntario

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