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    I'm looking for suggestions for books/resources on religion (esp. Judaism, structure and philosophy, not holidays/practices) and also on Digestion and nutrient useage in the body/cell.

    DS3 usually does best with non-fiction aimed at 8-10 yr olds, but likes simpler page layouts than most stuff in that age range has, where possible.

    Thanks!



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    Not at all sure you're going to be able to find what you're looking for. I teach middle school, and we don't get too much into the structure and philosophy. Most of the materials published even for that age group are pretty focused on holidays and practices.

    That being said, I have a couple of recommendations. Carus publishing has a series called Calliope, about world history, aimed at middle school kids. They devote one issue per year to religion, so there's an issue for Judaism, one for Hinduism, etc. The Taoism is kind of difficult for kids to follow.

    Carus also has a social studies magazine aimed at younger kids: Appleseeds. Carus offers an electronic subscription to their entire archive. I think it's about $30 for an individual. I pay more to subscribe for my whole school. The electronic archive does not include illustrations.

    Now, when I have a fairly complex electronic text that I want struggling readers to have a shot at, I sometimes use a tool called LiveInk. LiveInk is a program that "parses" text passages.

    According
    to the Jewish Bible,
    God made
    a sacred agreement,
    or covenant,
    with Abraham.

    God called Abraham
    to leave his native land
    near the Euphrates River
    and become father
    of a new nation.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    To discover
    what
    went on
    in the human stomach,
    Beaumont
    tied food samples
    to a silk string
    and dropped them
    through the hole
    of St. Martin's stomach.

    Then every hour
    he pulled
    the food out to see what
    had happened.

    Lost the indents when I pasted into this window, but you get the basic idea.

    The theory goes that this not only helps readers get through a more complex text more easily, but that it helps them learn the text structures of sentences and improves their comprehension of passages that they later read in traditional paragraphs.

    http://www.liveink.com/demo.php

    http://www.cobblestonepub.com/cobbonline.html

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    thanks! He's not reading yet, so it's still al about content and pitures... but I'll keep those tools in mind for sure!



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