In this story, Ms. Wilde is an eccentric teacher who loves to come to class dressed up as her favorite storybook character. She reads to the class with great enthusiasm. She also brings her dog, Oscar, to school as well. When the class decides to perform "Little Red Riding Hood," little Oscar interferes with Ms. Wilde's best laid plans. On the day the costumes are set to arrive, the class gets the wildest assortment of costumes, none of which are right for "Little Red Riding Hood!" Can Ms. Wilde's class figure out what to do in this predicament? Endearing illustrations of Ms. Wilde's class and her mischievous dog accompany each chapter while children decide how to make the absolute best out of any situation. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title plus a lesson plan.
In this story, Ms. Wilde is an eccentric teacher who loves to come to class dressed up as her favorite storybook character. She reads to the class with great enthusiasm. She also brings her dog, Oscar, to school as well. When the class decides to perform "Little Red Riding Hood," little Oscar interferes with Ms. Wilde's best laid plans. On the day the costumes are set to arrive, the class gets the wildest assortment of costumes, none of which are right for "Little Red Riding Hood!" Can Ms. Wilde's class figure out what to do in this predicament? Endearing illustrations of Ms. Wilde's class and her mischievous dog accompany each chapter while children decide how to make the absolute best out of any situation. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level K title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.
Beloved is a lovely giraffe who is making a journey from Africa to France. Throughout her travels, she always remembers to keep her mother's important words close to her heart. Young readers will love the heartfelt story and beautiful illustrations. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title plus a lesson plan.
Beloved is a lovely giraffe who is making a journey from Africa to France. Throughout her travels, she always remembers to keep her mother's important words close to her heart. Young readers will love the heartfelt story and beautiful illustrations. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level O title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.
Practice the alphabet in The Curious Café! There are 26 different menu items to choose from and each start with a different letter of the alphabet. Readers will be dying to try Eggcellent Elephant Eggs, Porcupine Pears, Upsidedown Cupcakes, and Zebra Smoothies as they read a short description of each of these delicious wonders. Fanciful illustrations help readers get a tasty visual of these delectable treats. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level L title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.
Here is a collection of this witty and irreverent author's works--all in their most authoritative texts. Includes The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and other stories and essays.
In this new installment in the engaging mystery series Booklist called “pitch-perfect” and “enthralling”—currently in development as a BBC television series—the incomparable playwright, novelist, raconteur, and now ex-convict Oscar Wilde faces his most fiendishly puzzling case yet. Oscar Wilde has fled to France after his release from Reading Gaol. Tonight he is sharing a drink and the story of his cruel imprisonment with a mysterious stranger. Oscar has endured the treadmill, solitary confinement, censored letters, no writing materials. Yet even in the midst of such deprivation, his astonishing detective powers remain undiminished—and when first a brutal warder and then the prison chaplain are found murdered, who else should the governor turn to for help other than Reading Gaol’s most celebrated inmate?
The story of Oscar Wilde’s landmark 1882 American tour explains how this quotable literary eminence became famous for being famous. On January 3, 1882, Oscar Wilde, a twenty-seven-year-old “genius”—at least by his own reckoning—arrived in New York. The Dublin-born Oxford man had made such a spectacle of himself in London with his eccentric fashion sense, acerbic wit, and extravagant passion for art and home design that Gilbert & Sullivan wrote an operetta lampooning him. He was hired to go to America to promote that work by presenting lectures on interior decorating. But Wilde had his own business plan. He would go to promote himself. And he did, traveling some 15,000 miles and visiting 150 American cities as he created a template for fame creation that still works today. Though Wilde was only the author of a self-published book of poems and an unproduced play, he presented himself as a “star,” taking the stage in satin breeches and a velvet coat with lace trim as he sang the praises of sconces and embroidered pillows—and himself. What Wilde so presciently understood is that fame could launch a career as well as cap one. David M. Friedman’s lively and often hilarious narrative whisks us across nineteenth-century America, from the mansions of Gilded Age Manhattan to roller-skating rinks in Indiana, from an opium den in San Francisco to the bottom of the Matchless silver mine in Colorado—then the richest on earth—where Wilde dined with twelve gobsmacked miners, later describing their feast to his friends in London as “First course: whiskey. Second course: whiskey. Third course: whiskey.” But, as Friedman shows, Wilde was no mere clown; he was a strategist. From his antics in London to his manipulation of the media—Wilde gave 100 interviews in America, more than anyone else in the world in 1882—he designed every move to increase his renown. There had been famous people before him, but Wilde was the first to become famous for being famous. Wilde in America is an enchanting tale of travel and transformation, comedy and capitalism—an unforgettable story that teaches us about our present as well as our past.
In Leaders of the Pack: Girl Groups of the 1960s and their Influence on Popular Culture musician and music historian Sean MacLeod surveys the hundreds of girl groups that appeared not only in the United States but also in Great Britain during the early 1960s. This study corrects the neglect of their critical contribution of popular music history by exploring the social and political climate from which the girl groups emerged and their effect, in turn, on local and national music and culture. MacLeod organizes his argument around seven leading girl groups: The Shirelles, The Crystals, The Ronettes, The Marvelettes, The Vandellas, the Supremes and The Shangri-Las. These seven “sister” groups serve as the basis for a broader look at the many girl groups of the period, offering a roadmap through the work of the many stakeholder—the singers, songwriters, producers, and record labels—that the girl group phenomenon made possible. MacLeod also reviews the significant influence girl groups had on the many male bands of the 1960s, as well as their influence on the post-‘60s movements, from punk to new wave, ultimately serving as the template for the girl groups and all-girl bands that emerged in the 1980s. Finally, The Leaders of the Pack brings us to the present as MacLeod compares the original girl groups with female performers of today, drawing lines of connection and contrast between them. Leaders of the Pack is essential reading for students, scholars, and fans of 1960s music and culture. It will further interest anyone interested in women’s studies, modern American and British culture, and music history, with important forays into such topics as the Civil Rights Movement, second and third wave feminism, and post-war life.
