The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard

The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard

Author: Gregory Rogers

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-04-17

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781596432673

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As a young boy wanders into an abandoned theater, he embarks on a time-traveling adventure in which he becomes a hero chased by none other than William Shakespeare through the famous Globe Theater, the crowded streets of Elizabethan London, and London Tower. This action-packed saga is told without words.


Raising Readers

Raising Readers

Author: Megan Daley

Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0702263621

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Some kids refuse to read, others won't stop &– not even at the dinner table! Either way, many parents question the best way to support their child's literacy journey. When can you start reading to your child? How do you find that special book to inspire a reluctant reader? What can you do to keep your tween reading into their adolescent years? Award-winning teacher librarian Megan Daley, the passionate voice behind the Children's Books Daily blog, has the answers to all these questions and more. She unpacks her twenty years of experience into this personable and accessible guide, enhanced with up-to-date research and firsthand accounts from well-known Australian children's authors. It also contains practical tips, such as suggested reading lists and instructions on how to run book-themed activities.Raising Readers is a must-have resource for parents and educators to help the children in their lives fall in love with books.


Reading Globally, K–8

Reading Globally, K–8

Author: Barbara A. Lehman

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2010-09-20

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1412973929

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In Reading Globally, K-8, the authors make the case for why it is necessary to be globally literate and multiculturally aware in today's shrinking world, and they provide the tools teachers need to incorporate appropriate reading selections into primary and secondary school classrooms. By using books from or about other countries, teachers empower students to view the world in a more positive manner, enriching and broadening their students' lives, and ultimately preparing them for life in a global economy and culture. This reader-friendly resource guides teachers and reading programme coordinators in selecting quality books for their classrooms, incorporating global literature into different content areas, and facilitating the discussions that follow. Practical guidance is provided on how to: - Integrate the reading of global texts across the curriculum, with specific application to language arts, social studies, science, maths, and the arts - Locate and evaluate the authenticity and literary merit of potential books, avoiding those that depict stereotypes - Get started!-with an annotated list of children's books, samples of student work, and classroom vignettes from teachers.


The Boy and the Bear

The Boy and the Bear

Author: Sarah Massini

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1536208140

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"In this quiet tale by Corderoy, an unlikely friendship grows through the seasons...A sweet tale of unexpected pals." — Publishers Weekly When a lonely little boy receives an invitation to play written on a paper boat, it seems that he has finally found the best friend he’s been longing for. But Bear isn’t quite the playmate the boy had imagined. Bear may not know how to play games, but when he starts to build a tree house, the boy is intrigued and a magical summer begins. As autumn passes and the first winter snowflakes start to fall, the boy is left alone. Only then does he truly realize how much he misses Bear. It's a happy reunion when Bear finally returns in the spring.


Using Paired Text to Meet the Common Core

Using Paired Text to Meet the Common Core

Author: William Bintz

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2014-12-11

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1462518982

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Teaching students to make connections across related texts promotes engagement and improves reading comprehension and content learning. This practical guide explains how to select and teach a wide range of picture books as paired text--two books related by topic, theme, or genre--in grades K-8. The author provides mini-lessons across the content areas, along with hundreds of recommendations for paired text, each linked to specific Common Core standards for reading literature and informational texts. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 22 reproducible graphic organizers and other useful tools. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.


Boy Underwater

Boy Underwater

Author: Adam Baron

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2018-06-12

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 0008267022

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SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD A heart-breaking, heart-warming novel for everyone of 10 and older – this book will probably make you cry, and will definitely make you laugh.


Getting Beyond "Interesting"

Getting Beyond

Author: Olga M. Nesi

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-07-19

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 161069225X

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Make use of a detailed plan and ready-to-use lessons for teaching appeal terms and Book Hook writing to students. Getting Beyond "Interesting": Teaching Students the Vocabulary of Appeal to Discuss Their Reading is a practical application book that gives librarians all the tools they need to implement the teaching of both appeal terms and Book Hook writing and sharing. When students know how to write Book Hooks and have access to an easy-to-use system for allowing students to share Book Hooks, the result is greatly increased reading through the power of peer recommendations. This book not only supplies a detailed plan for teaching appeal terms and Book Hook writing, but it also provides two extensive appendices containing all the black line masters and forms needed to implement these lessons. As a result, practitioners will be able to enhance their students' reading culture through increased sharing of reading—and most importantly, by empowering students with the ability to clearly define their reading preferences.


Time Out London for Children

Time Out London for Children

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Publisher: Time Out

Published: 2005-06

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780903446204

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Easy to use, with highlights, suggestions, editors' choices, maps, and full-color pictures throughout, this Time Out guide is the perfect companion for a fun-filled family vacation in London. It features kid-friendly restaurants and lodgings and information on the best activities, courses, workshops, and storytelling sessions for children.