American Through and Through [Paperback]

American Through and Throughis an inspiring early reader that introduces young learners to themes of citizenship, patriotism, and American identity. Through simple, engaging text and supportive imagery, readers explore what it means to be part of a community and how values like kindness, responsibility, and pride shape our everyday actions. This book encourages students to reflect on their roles as members of a country and supports early social studies learning.

• Promotes understanding of citizenship and American values
• Introduces civic concepts in a developmentally appropriate way
• Encourages discussion of community, respect, and responsibility
• Supports vocabulary development with accessible language
• Great resource for social studies units and classroom citizenship lessons

Dona Herweck Riceis the prolific author of books, stories, and poems for children of all ages. She’s written hundreds of books and more on just about every topic under the sun, from acrobats to zucchini and everything in between. She has also written award-winning books and curriculums for educators, especially on the subjects of writing and language arts. In fact, her first publications were a series for teachers on how to teach writing in the classroom. She spearheaded the development of Write TIME for Kids, which earned the Golden Lamp award for curriculum from the Association of American Publishers. Her writing is featured heavily in such acclaimed series as Focused Phonics, Untold Stories, Fiction Readers, Nonfiction Readers, Learn and Create, and more.

Dona’s best-selling children’s title with more than 13,000 copies isHow Plants Grow, and her most recent titles include dozens of books for the Exploration SlC<