Wednesday, November 5, 2025

During NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Read THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE and Do a Puzzle Too!


November is Native American Heritage Month and a good time to read my book THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE about Native Americans who once built their homes in the cliffs and on top of the mesas of southwestern Colorado.

Did you know that you could turn the cover of  THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE into an online jigsaw puzzle and time yourself to find out how long it takes to put the puzzle pieces back together? I just discovered this wonderful feature at TeachingBooks.net. Click on this link to go to the page for THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE. https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=298 

On the left side of the page you will see an icon of a puzzle piece. Click on it and it will take you to the puzzle activity. You can choose a 4, 16, 36 or 64 piece puzzle. The pieces will go to the side and you can slide them back to the frame with your mouse. A clock will time you as you put them back together to make the cover of the book. Good luck!


TeachingBooks.net is an online database that can be used by teachers, students, librarians, and families to explore children's books and young adult literature and their authors. Twenty of my books have pages at TeachingBooks. At each one you can find a blurb about the book, how to pronounce my name, author interviews and more. 

Note: If you can't find THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE in your library, look for the e-book online.

Here are some other Caroline Arnold titles you can find at TeachingBooks.net. (You can find them by using the search function at the top of the home page.) You can do these as puzzles too!

A WARMER WORLD: From Polar Bears to Butterflies, How Climate Change Affects Wildlife
BIRDS: Nature’s Magnificent Flying Machines
A KILLER WHALE’S WORLD
TOO HOT? TOO COLD? Keeping Body Temperature Just Right
HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6
BUTTERLFIES IN ROOM 6
THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE
WIGGLE AND WAGGLE
YOUR SKELETAL SYSTEM
GLOBAL WARMING AND THE DINOSAURS
GIANT SEA REPTILES OF THE DINOSAUR AGE
A POLAR BEAR’S WORLD
LIVING FOSSILS: Clues to the Past
A WALK IN THE DESERT
THE TERRIBLE HODAG AND THE ANIMAL CATCHERS
A WALK IN THE WOODS
A WOMBAT’S WORLD
A PLATYPUS’ WORLD
THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
HAWK HIGHWAY IN THE SKY