Watch the video clips on the illustrator's website to discover some background into his creative process.  Don't miss the clip about our Book of the Quarter .

All the Places to Love is a good hook for introducing family trees and Thanksgiving is a great time for children to interview relatives to learn about their family history!  Here is an excellent website with interview forms, a family tree template, and instructions!

At the end of the book is a two-page illustration spread of the farm.  Visit the Wessel's Living History Farm link to see a webcam from an actual farm.  Students may even control the camera to select the view!  Explore the many other resources that are located on the website.

A horse and plow can be seen on page 9 in our book.  Visit the Wessel's Living History Farm Farming in the 1920's section to discover the changes that came when the farmers switched to tractors.  Don't miss the videos comparisons of the work a horse team could do compared to a tractor and the two interviews with Herbert Heine and Harvey Pickrel.

Visit the 4-H Virtual Farm to take online tours of different farm types.

Prepositional Phrase Poetry has some great activities to enhance the teaching of prepositional phrases!