Anticipation (Max Mindpower Senior, #7) (Max Mindpower Junior, #8)
by Nicola Collins
I can write a book about History (I Can Write a Book)
by Bobbie Kalman
This fascinating book shows children what to include in a book about history. Children are shown how to create a book about an event in history or about social history, such as life in a colonial city or a pioneer village. Suggestions for research include a visit to a nearby historic site, reading stories or watching television shows about children who lived during that time in history, and reading non-fiction books about the subject.
This book invites the reader to jump into a selection of action poems written by people from different places and times. It gives the reader the keys needed to unlock poems. It equips the reader to explore the meanings that a poem has, and it explains the techniques poets use to create their effects.
Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black—and first female—streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and...
Alabama Spitfire: The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird
by Bethany Hegedus
The inspiring true story of Nelle Harper Lee, the girl who grew up to write To Kill a Mockingbird, by Bethany Hegedus, acclaimed author of Grandfather Gandhi. Nelle Harper Lee grew up in the rocky red soil of Monroeville, Alabama. From the get-go she was a spitfire. Unlike most girls, Nelle preferred overalls to dresses and climbing trees to tea parties. Nelle loved to watch her daddy try cases in the courtroom. And she and her best friend, Tru, devoured books and wrote stor...
"An introduction to the poetic form known as haiku, from its origins in ancient Japan to today. Example poems and analysis explore such elements as simplicity and imagery"--Provided by publisher.
Carolyn's Lit. Guide Adventures (Carolyn's Lit. Guide Adventures, #3) (Carolyn's Lit. Guide Aventures, #1)
by Carolyn Oravitz
When we are fast asleep in bed, the Midnight Library opens its doors to all the night-time animals. Inside the library the little librarian and her three assistant owls help each and every animal to find the perfect book. But with a noisy squirrel band, an upset wolf and a slow-reading tortoise to help, they could all be in for a very busy night . . . A beautiful, big-hearted book about the joy of reading and the importance of libraries. Stylishly designed and produced, this is the perfect gift...
Celebrate the freedom to read with this timely, empowering middle-grade debut in the spirit of The View from Saturday or Frindle. When twelve-year-old June Harper's parents discover what they deem an inappropriate library book, they take strict parenting to a whole new level. And everything June loves about Dogwood Middle School unravels: librarian Ms. Bradshaw is suspended, an author appearance is canceled, the library is gutted, and all books on the premises must have administrative approval....
Dr. Carla Hayden: The First Woman Librarian of Congress (Queens of Steam, #3)
by Mari Bolte
Provides helpful advice on choosing the best words for creating characters, setting scenes and shaping stories, as well as special vocabulary for different story themes. Young authors can create their own stories and build up a word bank of favourite words and phrases, so that they need never use 'nice' again...The perfect companion to Usborne's best-selling Write Your Own Story Book.
The Lady, or the Tiger? (Creative Short Stories (Hardcover))
by Professor Frank Stockton