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Welcome to the Teacher’s Site for Adèle & Simon in America
by Barbara McClintock

This wonderful book, the newest in Barbara McClintock’s series on the adventures of Adèle and Simon, follows the brother-sister pair as they travel across America in the early 1900s. In this Web site, you’ll find a wide range of standards-based activities, questions, suggestions, and Web links to help you use this book in the classroom.



About Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock has written and/or illustrated many acclaimed books for young readers, among them Adèle & Simon, an ALA Notable Book, a Children’s Book Sense Pick, and a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. She lives in Windham, Connecticut. You can learn more about Ms. McClintock here.

Using This Book in Your Classroom

The book can be read on many levels and can be used in grades K–3 for units on Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, and more. Citations relate the activities to National Standards.

About Adèle & Simon in America

Adèle and Simon, residents of Paris, France, travel to New York City to visit their Aunt Cécile. Together, the trio journeys across early-twentieth-century America. Barbara McClintock’s rich illustrations provide a starting place for exploring the history of America.

About the Series

Check out the first book in this series, Adèle & Simon. It's an unforgettable tour through early-twentieth-century Paris, as the brother-sister pair make their way home from school. What will they tell their mother, as Simon leaves something behind every time they stop?

Target Audience

This book is for children in grades K-5.

Downloadable PDF

Download a printable document that offers standards-based activities for Adèle & Simon in America.

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Illustrations and excerpts from Adèle & Simon in America by Barbara McClintock.
Copyright © 2008 by Barbara McClintock. Published in August 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved.

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