Brazil

{FOLK AND FAIRY TALES}

Dancing Turtle by Pleasant DeSpain
Fairy Tales from Brazil by Elsie Spicer Eells
The Great Snake by Sean Taylor
How Night Came from the Sea by Mary-Joan Gerson
Jabuti the Tortoise by Gerald McDermott
The Party in the Sky by Antonio Rocha
The Sea Serpent's Daughter by Margaret H. Lippert
Uirapuru by P. K. Page

* Many of these folk tales involve animals and can easily be tied into the Life Science portion below.
* Make a paper mache turtle using the top of a balloon for the shell mold and adding paper feet and head when dry.  Paint as desired.

{HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURES}

Any book about Brazil with good pictures and text.
B Is for Brazil by Maria de Fatima Campos
Cassio's Day by Maria de Fatima Campos
In the Land of the Jaguar by Gena K. Gorrell
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Out of Many Waters by Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Wake Up, World! by Beatrice Hollyer

* Draw or print a large map of Brazil and fill it in with facts about the country.
* Make a yummy Brazilian meal.

{LIFE SCIENCE}

Animal Poems of the Iguazu by Francisco X. Alarcon
Charlotte! The Courageous Sea Turtle of Mystic Aquarium by Kiki Latimer
Discover the Amazon by Lauri Berkenkamp
The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home by George Ancona
The Jeff Corwin Experience - Into Wild Brazil by Elain Pasco
So Say the Little Monkeys by Nancy Van Laan
These Animals. . . Don't Want to Wash! by J. N. Paquet
These Animals. . . Don't Want to Eat! by J. N. Paquet
The Vanishing Rainforest by Richard Platt
Which Endangered Animal Lives in Brazil by Dawn Smith

* As you study the various animals and plants of Brazil, spend some time looking up different images and videos of them on the internet with your kids.
* Use any bilingual books to make an English / Portugese poster or notebook.

{PHYSICAL EDUCATION}

Capoeira by George Ancona
For the Love of Soccer by Pele
Pele by James Buckley
Pele, King of Soccer by Monica Brown
Ronaldo by Tamara Orr
Ronaldo by Mark Paddock
Soccer by Martin Cloake
Soccer by Hugh Hornby
Toward the Goal by Jeremy V. Jones
Young Pele by Lesa Cline-Ransome

* Watch videos of capoeira on the internet.
* Play soccer.
* Watch a soccer game.