Learning More Elementary School: When I was Young in the Mountains. Cynthia Rylant; illustrated by Diane Goode, New York: Dutton, 1982. This story highlights the pleasures of life in the mountains for a child who remembers the warmth, care, and love of living with her grandparents. Her fond reminiscences of her interactions with her family and church community appear to override the fact that they lived in a house with no plumbing or heating and were often threatened by black snakes. December. Eve Bunting; illustrated by David Diaz, San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1997. A homeless family finds the meaning of giving and the spirit of Christmas after they offer to share the little they have with an old woman who has even less than they do at Christmas. Fly Away Home. Eve Bunting; illustrated by Ronald Himler, New York: Clarion Books, 1991. A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, shares his life in moving from terminal to terminal and trying not to be noticed. When his father goes to work in the city, another homeless family living in the airport, cares for the boy. When the boy and his father look for an apartment, they find they cannot afford one. But the boy’s hope is renewed when he sees a trapped bird in the airport find its freedom. Smoky Night. Eve Bunting; illustrated by David Diaz, San Diego: Harcourt Brace. 1994. The story setting is the Los Angeles riots, where a family watches violence and looting in the streets of their neighborhood.  When a fire breaks out in their apartment building, they move to shelter. As they look for their lost cat, they learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality. Upper Elementary School: Where the Lilies Bloom. Vera and Bill Cleaver, New York: Harper, 1969. Mary Call, a fourteen-year old Appalachian girl, struggles to keep her family together, clothed, and fed by gathering and selling herbs that grow in the Great Smoky Mountains.  She meets tests of her character and pride when her father dies and she is left to care for the family alone. Children of the Orphan Trains. Holly Littlefield; Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books. 2001. Learn of the journey of the orphans from their survival on the streets, to orphanages, and for some, their travel by trains to new homes. Illustrated with historical photographs, this book includes other resource books on orphans, websites on information about orphans, and notes to teachers and adults of activities that can be incorporated with the book. Top of Page		site resources...   • Take a tour of Poverty USA and learn what it's like to make ends meet when you're living in poverty. • Visit our multimedia gallery to experience poverty through TV, radio and print public service advertising. • Download a banner ad or e-sticker to display on your Web site. • Test your knowledge about Poverty USA by taking the poverty quiz. • Help spread the word about Poverty USA and nearly 35 million living in a state of poverty • Review the Poverty Pulse survey results to better understand American attitudes toward poverty. • Get involved and help reduce the population of Poverty USA with a hand up, not a hand out. • Email a friend about Poverty USA. • Share your thoughts on the Education Center by taking this survey.     • Click here to review resources designed for Catholic educators.