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In Times Past
an eBook on CD
by Carol Hurst and Rebecca Otis

Integrating US History with Literature in Grades 3-8.

Enliven your US History curriculum!

Teach US History using great kids books.

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Wan Hu Is in the Stars

by Jennifer Armstrong. (Tambourine, 1995 ISBN 0 688 12457 7). Picture Book. Grades 2+.
This review by Carol Otis Hurst first appeared in Teaching K-8 Magazine April 1995.

Review

The same author who wrote King Crow, Jennifer Armstrong, wrote this fairy tale Wan Hu Is in the Stars. Set in China, this lovely picture book tells of a poet, Wan Hu, who wants more than anything to be and to learn among the stars in the sky. His absent minded behavior as he attempts to do so amuses and befuddles all the villagers except the gardener who somehow believes in him. Wan Hu's many attempts to reach the stars fail miserably until he straps himself to a chair and sets off many rockets. He sails off never to be seen again. I really hope he made it, so will you.