This picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. From donald crews, the caldecott honor artist and awardwinning creator of bigmamas, freight train. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Shortcut download free ebooks epub, mobi, pdf, txt, kindle. And when there was no turning back, they heard the train coming. Bigmamas by donald crews when i was your age by amy erlich what you know first by patriccia maclachlin the relatives came by cynthia rylant when i was young in the mountains by cynthia rylant every friday by dan yaccarino chicken sunday by patricia polacco shortcut by donald crews night shift daddy by eileen spinelli the snowy day by ezra. Now turn to page 17 in the ebook and see if you can use the parts of words that. But one night they were late, and the tracks were a shortcut, so they started off. Shortcut by donald crews, september 20, 1996, harpertrophy edition, paperback in english 1st mulberry ed edition. But this time they were in a hurry, and the tracks were a shortcut. Publication date 1994 topics railroads juvenile fiction, african americans juvenile fiction publisher. Author of freight train, bigmamas, truck, diez puntos negros, shortcut, parade, we read.
From donald crews, the caldecott honor artist and awardwinning creator of bigmamas, freight train, and many other classic picture books for young children, comes an out of the ordinary drama set forth with uncommon artistry. This story is about group of children who decided to take the shortcut home because it was getting late and would soon be dark. Shortcut by donald crews this is a great book for writing. Shortcut by crews, donald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Then she started to read aloud shortcut by donald crews. Among the rides shown in magnificent doublepage spreads are a carousel, the. Donald crews wrote one of the greatest books about a black family visiting their bigmama in florida. He and his wife, ann jonas, live in new yorks hudson river valley. Among his other enormously popular books are such favorites as night at the fair, sail away, bigmamas, shortcut, and school bus. This is a set of detailed lesson plans suitable for grades. The shortcut, written and illustrated by donald crews is a book about a group of brothers and sisters who decide to take the short way home by walking on the train tracks.
Shortcut by donald crews 1996, paperback for sale online. The train ran right by bigmamas house in cottondale, the town made famous in crews s book bigmamas. During a summer visit to their grandmothers house, five siblings decide to take the shortcut home by walking on the railroad tracks. The train tracks ran right by bigmamas house in cottondale, and the children.
The book is exciting and read like a moving picture. Apr 26, 2015 shortcut by donald crews this is a great book for writing workshop. Children taking a shortcut by walking along a railroad track find excitement and danger when a train approaches. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. It follows the sequence of the story line and builds suspense similar to the story.
See more ideas about author studies, donald, childrens books. Lesson plans for shortcut by donald crews this lesson plan is designed to read the book aloud to kindergarten or first grade students. A train is heard in the distance and the children scramble to get out of the way. Readers come through the main gate to a variety of games, rides, and food stands. Since there are seven characters illustrated, i can only guess the six named in the dedication are crews family and friends in the story. Shortcut book by donald crews half price books marketplace. Stenhouse will ship a print or ebook to winners in the united states and canada. Get your students to write the best personal narratives ever. From donald crews, the caldecott honor artist and awardwinning creator of bigmamas, freight train, and many other classic picture books for young children. So seven children decide to take the shortcut home, even though that means walking along the train tracks when theyve been told to always take the road. By donald crews shortcut by donald crews the train tracks ran right by bigmamas house in cottondale, and the children were warned to stay off the tracks.
Donald crews is the renowned creator of two caldecott honor books, freight train and truck. Shortcut donald crews hardcover harpercollins publishers. Shortcut has 6 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Among his other enormously popular books are epub such favorites as night at the fair, sail away, bigmamas, shortcut, and school bus. Donald crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated childrens books, including the caldecott honor books freight train and truck. Donald crews find and load ebook shortcut the elibrary free service executes searching for the ebook shortcut to provide you with the opportunity to download it for free. View all about the author 1992 donald crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated childrens books, including the caldecott honor books freight train and truck. Click download or read online button to get shortcut book now. The intended age group of this book is primary ages 58 years old. Mighty jack and zita the spacegirl ebook by ben hatke rakuten kobo. Shortcut by donald crews is about a group of children that decide to take different way home from school.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. As they walk along the train tracks night befalls them. Among his other enormously popular books are such favorites as pdf night at the fair, sail away, bigmamas, shortcut, and school bus. From donald crews, the caldecott honor artist and awardwinning creator of bigmamas, freight train, and many other classic picture books. So they started off, and when there was no turning back, they heard the train coming.
Other teachers have used this for multiple purposes in the reading and writing workshops such as for an extension lesson, to compare and contrast, to analyze how an a. About the author 1992 donald crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated childrens books, including the caldecott honor books freight train and truck. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Lesson plans for shortcut by donald crews easy literacy.
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