Literature, Science, and Cooking in the Primary Grades.

Since the balanced literacy program presently mandated in California makes literature an integral part of the curriculum and leaves even less time for study of the sciences, this annotated bibliography provides some recommended literature together with the science concepts that evolve from those books. The bibliography also offers cooking recipes that young children can prepare in a classroom setting--all the recipes relate to the literature titles and the science concepts therein. The fiction and non-fiction titles in the bibliography can be located in publications of the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Reading Association, and/or in one or more of the California literature frameworks. Titles in the bibliography are divided into 3 categories: life sciences (18 titles), earth sciences (19 titles), and physical sciences (12 titles). Attached is a list of six cook books recommended for children. (NKA)