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Okay, I know this one is a bit out there, but I found out today a rice mill nearby offers tours and embarked on my own rabbit trail to plan a rice unit study...we are going to visit the mill as well as our friend who is a rice farmer, collect change for Operation Rice Bowl, taste different kinds of rice, look at how important rice is in different cultures, talk about nutritional values,SOOOOO....can anyone think of any stories where rice plays a part...even a wee one?
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One Grain of Rice by Demi
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
There are more but I can only think of those two right now... I do have something to share with you.
In our family it's tradition to "cross the rice" before serving it.... you make a cross on the rice with your serving paddle.
In the Philippines, rice is revered almost as a sacred grain. Growing up we were told never to waste a single grain of rice. My parents always turned leftover rice into something else -- even those crusts at the bottom of pots cannot be thrown away. They're either incorporated into other dishes, or given to pet animals, but never put in the trash. Some people say "mabubusong ka" (you will incur the wrath of God) if you throw away rice.
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Hi,
Have you tried doing a search at your library website? On my library site I put rice in the subject line and limited it to children's books. Here are a few I came up with (I can't tell you how the books were though): Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin by Michelle Lord
1 Grain of Rice by Demi
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
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Nana's Rice Pie by Laurie Knowlton
"A young girl complains that she is tired of living on a rice farm, until her grandmother reminds her of all their blessings and coaxes her into helping to make a pie for her father. Includes recipe."
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Colleen, that study sounds like so much fun - how exciting to have a rice farm and mill nearby.
I know it doesn't sound like it would be about rice, but... The Story of Kites
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There's one that the lady who wrote the "Everbody Brings Bread" -- Norah Dooley -- called Everybody Cooks Rice -- this is a fun book as the neighborhood is multicultural and they mention lots of different rice dishes; the recipes are in the back of the book so you can make the ones that sound good! Sounds like this would be perfect for your unit study.
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And I found this site with lots of links - one of the best is this animated rice paddy building one from NOVA.
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Mary M -- you find the coolest links!
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missionfamily wrote:
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 Not so "out there" with this group! 
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Thanks ladies, I'm so excited for our unit study now, I want to go to the library today...but instead I'm making preparations for the baptism of my sweet little blessing, Kolbe Fisher!
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Just ran across this book at the library - Rice is Life. Written as a poem (with side explanations) about the seasons of the rice paddies of Bali, Indonesia. Very interesting and very beautifully illustrated. Since it is about the Bali culture it includes a stanza at end to the people giving thanks to the Hindu rice goddess.
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Chicken Soup With Rice
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SeaStar wrote:
| Bee-bim Bop" by Linda Sue Park. We love this book- it features a little girl helping her mother make a traditional Korean dish called Bee-bim Bop ("mix-mix" rice). The rhyme is great for little ones (ex. "Hurry, Mama, hurry. Gotta chop, chop chop. Hungry-very hungry for some Bee-bim Bop". The pictures are adorable and the book includes a recipe. Reading it always makes me hungry. |
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The Runaway Rice Cake by Ying Chang Compestine
A Grain of Rice by Pittman |
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One Grain of Rice
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - this one's beautiful, but perhaps for kids a bit older
Everybody Cooks Rice - this is also good for a Haiti unit study esp. with recent events
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