Billy, the former champion slugger for his third grade baseball team, is bothered by his very young stepsister's presence at games and feels that she is jinxing him into a batting slump.
Billy, the former champion slugger for his third grade baseball team, is bothered by his very young stepsister's presence at games and feels that she is jinxing him into a batting slump.
Here are more great topics and sample book club sessions to help you start a book club and keep it going! Chapters in this volume cover humor, families, social issues, folklore and mythology, sports, magazines, picture books as art, censorship, the Internet, middle school readers, gender bias, booktalks, and the arts. For each genre, the authors offer a general overview, discussion questions, a bibliography, resources for further reading, and appropriate Web sites. If you want to promote literacy and involve parents in the reading program, you'll love this book and its companion, The Reading Connection.
Introduce children to 75 favorite authors and illustrators with this all-in-one resource! The lively profiles in this collection provide insight into the lives, work, inspiration, and creative process of these talented writers and artists. Share these fascinating mini-biographies with students to enhance author studies and help your students read with greater enthusiasm and understanding. Book jacket.
This volume covers 238 authors and illustrators whose works span fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and picture books, and represent a range of talents and viewpoints that exemplify the rich variety of children's literature. Readers will find information on new and established authors. Each entry includes a substantial bibliography of works by and about the subject, many including websites. A convenient cumulative index of all eight books in the series appears in this volume, plus a list of major awards and citations that recognise excellence in literature for children and young adults. The Sixth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators provides the following: A list of major awards and citations that recognise excellence in literature for children and young adults Lively anecdotes, important observations, and an account of each writer or artist's career An essential tool for readers' advisory, with lists of works by each person profiled Intimate first-person sketches-authors and illustrators speak directly and naturally to young readers in many of the entries Photographic portraits and jacket illustrations that enliven the entries A perfect starting point for further research-with lists of additional biographical sources Cross-references to pen names, which makes finding favourite authors easy A Cumulative Index guides readers to profiles in other Junior Authors & Illustrators volumes
Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.