Children can learn that trees can be a place to climb and play, while it can also be home to many different types of animals. I would use this book when talking about plants/trees in science. I would say this would be a kindergarten to mid 1st grade book.
This is a story of a family displaced after an apartment fire, forced to live with her grandmother. The mother and daughter get a large jar to collect coins for a new chair. The young girl wants her mother to have a comfortable place to sit after being on her feet all day. After they have collected enough coins, the mother and daughter go in search of a new chair. I would use this book to encourage working hard for anything in life you want. I would use this book for 2nd grade until 4th grade.
Another one of Anita Lobel's fantastic books, Playful Pigs from A to Z. This book is very similar to Away from Home in the way it is written. This story is about 26 playful pigs that decide to go exploring. Each pig has the same letter name as verb, an example would be "Greta Pig guarded a G. Hugo Pig hugged an H." I would use this book to teach the alphabet along with new verbs the students probably do not know. I would say this book would be for kindergarten to first grade.
The author, Anita Lobel, does an awesome job of taking the reader to a different world city while also discussing the alphabet. An example would be, "Adam arrived in Amsterdam. Bernard ballooned in Barcelona." I would use this book in kindergarten-1st grade to not only discuss the alphabet, but also to let the students see other cities from around the world.
In the book Amazing Grace, Grace loves when her grandmother will tell her stories. When Grace gets a chance to play a part in Peter Pan, Grace knows exactly who she wants to be. I would use this book to teach that no matter what you want to do in life, it is all possible as long as you work hard for it. I would use this book with 2nd grade up until 4th grade.
In this sequel to Amazing Grace, Grace longs for a "normal" family, a family with a father, mother, brother, sister, cat and dog. One day Grace receives a letter in the mail from her father in Africa, it was two plane tickets to come visit for her spring break. After her visit she realizes that she doesn't need this "normal" family, she has two incredible families. I would use this in my classroom to discuss different family types, and also to discuss that there really isn't a "normal" family. I would use this book anywhere from 2nd grade up to 4th grade.
 - 2015 Edition - Anita Lobel)
