Lyndsay Ealey
Here are some of my favorite read aloud books we will share this year!
Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who's having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who never stands up for herself; shy Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast; and Jeffrey, who hates school.
SEND ME YOUR POSTCARD PRECEPTS! Do you have a WONDER- ful precept that you live by? I'm looking for some original precepts for a new book I'm working on! If you have a unique, or daring, or...
A Long Walk to Water is a short novel by Linda Sue Park. It includes the true story of Salva Dut, a Sudanese Lost Boy, and the fictional story of "Nya," a young village girl. Park is using this book as a platform to support Dut's program, Water For South Sudan.
Reviews: Susan Aikens, Kids Book Buyer from Borders Head Office I can't remember the last time I was so emotionally overwhelmed by a middle grade novel. Sharon Draper's new novel is the story of Melody, a 10 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy so severe that she can neither speak nor move independently.
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.
Read a free sample of Heartbeat by Sharon Creech and learn Sharon 's inspiration for the book.
"Which is sharper? The hatchet that cuts down dreams? Or the scythe that clears a path for another?" "Pablo Neruda's poems tramped through the mud [with the fieldworker]...knocked at the doors of mansions...sat at the table of the baker...The shopkeeper leaned over his counter and read them to his customers and said "Do you know him?
A boy named Ben longs for the father he has never known. A girl named Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room, and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.
From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes The Outsiders Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays.
Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters' village. For a long time he is content living with Crane-man under a bridge barely surviving on scraps of food. All that changes when he sees master potter Min making his beautiful pottery. Tree-ear sneaks back to Min's workplace and dreams of creating his own pots someday.
