Books with author Emanuel Schongut

A young boy and his abuelo push aside their Christmas preparation to rescue a beautiful cardinal during a blizzard. The bird quickly responds to their kindness, regains it strength, and flies off. The cardinal sweetly and unexpectedly rewards the boy, his grandfather, and their entire village with a lifetime of Christmas cheer. The For Creative Minds  section contains instructions to create a bird-friendly backyard, simple bird feeder crafts, a Cardinal Numbers  math game, and information on what to do if you find an injured bird. Encourages children to care for animals. This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 30-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Christmas Eve Blizzard is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. Also available in the following language: Spanish edition: La tormenta de Nochebuena ISBN 9781628553550