Book of the Month:
Amelia’s Road
Written by: Linda Jacobs Altman
Illustrated by: Enrique O. Sanchez
Amelia Luisa Martinez hates roads. Los caminos, the roads, take her migrant worker family to fields where they labor all day, to schools where no one knows Amelia’s name, and to bleak cabins that are not homes. She longs for the day when she does not need to move again, and can live in a tidy white house with a fine shade tree. One day, Amelia discovers an “accidental road.” At its end, she finds an amazing old tree. Its stately sense of permanence inspires her to put her own roots down in a special way—by placing her favorite things in a box and burying it next to the tree, so she will always have a place to go back to.
North Carolina Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom is an educational program that is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the importance of agriculture in North Carolina. The program strives to achieve this mission in recommending books for use as additional resources to PreK – 12th grade educators. Book of the Month is an offering for anyone looking for a valid Ag-related resource to utilize in the classroom. The total purchase of one book is $5.00 and can be purchased until copies are sold out. Each book will have accompanying activities of high-quality that can be integrated into lesson plans at various grade levels.
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