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Books for children by David Drew
David Drew has written over a hundred nonfiction books for children, using visual texts to convey and support the information.
A FULL LIST of David's books can be viewed here.
Here is a small selection. You can view free teaching guides to these books on this site.
The Cat on the Chimney (Grades 3–5)
A series of practical problems to solve, using diagrams, maps and other visual texts. Guide
Sharks (Grades 3–5)
Surprising facts about sharks presented as charts, cross sections, scale diagrams, tables, flow charts, pie charts, bar charts, line graphs, time lines and maps. Guide
Alone in the Desert (Grades 6–8)
Suppose you were lost in the desert. How would you find water, keep cool, cook your food, and send a message for help? In this role-playing book students can plan their own rescue and survival strategies, using and developing their knowledge of science and technology. Visual texts include diagrams, maps and cross sections. Guide
What Do They Eat? (Grades K–2)
A simple introduction to food webs, using arrows to connect predator to prey. Guide
To see a full list of David Drew's books click here.
This site includes free teaching guides to some of David's books. Each month a new guide will be added.
Use these teaching guides to try out a visual literacy activity in your classroom.
Each guide includes:
- recommended grade level
- connections
to
- Visual Literacy
- English/Language Arts
- Science/Technology
- Mathematics
- Social Studies/Geography/History
- learning strategies
- a sample from the book
- ideas to get you started with visual literacy
- full contents list
- link to the publisher
These guides are copyright.
A list of David's publishers and their websites can be found here.
Books for teachers that support David Drew's books in the classroom
The first visual literacy resource book, written by Rachel Griffiths and Margaret Clyne, and closely integrated with David Drew's Informazing series. Includes practical classroom ideas for every Informazing book.
For more on this book including a full contents page click here.
Contains units of work you can photocopy for classroom use.
Second-hand copies can sometimes be bought from abe.com
Realization Teacher's Ideas Book
Also by Rachel Griffiths and Margaret Clyne, and integrated with David Drew's Realization series, this book applies visual literacy to problem-solving. Practical classroom ideas for every Realization book.
Contains units of work you can photocopy for classroom use.
Second-hand copies can sometimes be bought from abe.com
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The Cat on the Chimney from the series Realization.
Sharks from the series InfoActive.
Alone in the Desert from the series Realization.
What Do They Eat? from the series InfoActive.
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