Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.
Get Those Guys Reading!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.
The Last Words of Will Wolfkin
Author: Steven Knight
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062001507
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
It's funny. If you're born a certain way, you don't really understand how it is to be any other way. So it has been for Toby Walsgrove—paralyzed since birth, unable to move or talk, with no known family, he has spent his entire life at a Carmelite convent in London. That is, until the day that his cat, Shipley, starts talking to him. Shipley has been watching over Toby his whole life and tells him they must go to Langjoskull, a city of exiles buried deep below the surface of Iceland. Because Toby is no ordinary boy—he's a descendant of the great king Will Wolfkin, and his kingdom needs him. Toby has never wielded a sword that can stop time. He has never shifted into his kin creature. He has never even walked on his own two legs before. Ready or not, though, he has a destiny, a responsibility, even a family—and not all of them are happy to meet him. . . .
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062001507
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
It's funny. If you're born a certain way, you don't really understand how it is to be any other way. So it has been for Toby Walsgrove—paralyzed since birth, unable to move or talk, with no known family, he has spent his entire life at a Carmelite convent in London. That is, until the day that his cat, Shipley, starts talking to him. Shipley has been watching over Toby his whole life and tells him they must go to Langjoskull, a city of exiles buried deep below the surface of Iceland. Because Toby is no ordinary boy—he's a descendant of the great king Will Wolfkin, and his kingdom needs him. Toby has never wielded a sword that can stop time. He has never shifted into his kin creature. He has never even walked on his own two legs before. Ready or not, though, he has a destiny, a responsibility, even a family—and not all of them are happy to meet him. . . .
Books That Teach Kids to Write
Author: Marianne Saccardi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598844520
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book provides a wealth of read-aloud titles and related activities that provide busy teachers with the tools to help students in grades K–12 become successful writers. Teachers can always benefit from new techniques that allow them to teach writing in a more engaging and enjoyable manner, and a resource that identifies a plethora of excellent children's books that help students become successful writers would also be helpful. Books That Teach Kids to Write introduces busy educators to the finest in children's literature in all genres, appropriate for readers in grades K through 12; and provides effective ideas for using those books to stimulate and improve student writing. This book discusses language use and other critical components of good writing, showcasing the children's books and specific activities that can help both primary and secondary school students. Included reproducibles for the writing exercises make lesson planning simple, while the sheer number of titles discussed and the extensive bibliographies provided minimize the time teachers must spend researching books to use with their students. An appendix includes more writing instruction resources, such as children's books, websites, and professional texts.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598844520
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book provides a wealth of read-aloud titles and related activities that provide busy teachers with the tools to help students in grades K–12 become successful writers. Teachers can always benefit from new techniques that allow them to teach writing in a more engaging and enjoyable manner, and a resource that identifies a plethora of excellent children's books that help students become successful writers would also be helpful. Books That Teach Kids to Write introduces busy educators to the finest in children's literature in all genres, appropriate for readers in grades K through 12; and provides effective ideas for using those books to stimulate and improve student writing. This book discusses language use and other critical components of good writing, showcasing the children's books and specific activities that can help both primary and secondary school students. Included reproducibles for the writing exercises make lesson planning simple, while the sheer number of titles discussed and the extensive bibliographies provided minimize the time teachers must spend researching books to use with their students. An appendix includes more writing instruction resources, such as children's books, websites, and professional texts.
The Wolfkin Saga Boxset
Author: Sheena Jolie
Publisher: Sheena Jolie
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Wolves of Black Pine and Wolf of the Northern Starby Sheena Jolie (previously published as SJ Himes!) Experience the phenomenal saga of over 800+ pages of MM Wolf Shifter Romance, featuring star-crossed lovers (without the dying!), fierce alphas, shamanic magic, protective mates, and soulbonds! Uncover hidden betrayals, pine for lost love, and experience phenomenal HEAs hundreds of years in the making. Follow Ghost and Kane as they fight to save their people, and themselves, against enemies out for their blood and who will do anything to tear them apart. Love, like the soul, never dies. The Wolfkin Saga reimagined, with new interior design, covers, and both books in one digital volume. Titles previously published under the author name SJ Himes. New name, same great stories.
Publisher: Sheena Jolie
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Wolves of Black Pine and Wolf of the Northern Starby Sheena Jolie (previously published as SJ Himes!) Experience the phenomenal saga of over 800+ pages of MM Wolf Shifter Romance, featuring star-crossed lovers (without the dying!), fierce alphas, shamanic magic, protective mates, and soulbonds! Uncover hidden betrayals, pine for lost love, and experience phenomenal HEAs hundreds of years in the making. Follow Ghost and Kane as they fight to save their people, and themselves, against enemies out for their blood and who will do anything to tear them apart. Love, like the soul, never dies. The Wolfkin Saga reimagined, with new interior design, covers, and both books in one digital volume. Titles previously published under the author name SJ Himes. New name, same great stories.
Wolf Kin
Author: Neo Griffin
Publisher: Neo Griffin
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
In the Bronze Age a small forest kingdom is thrown into turmoil when their king dies without an heir. Villagers flee to the forest to escape the fighting for the crown, which must surely follow. Soldiers rise up and attempt to put an impostor on the throne. The Wolf Kin he is named, for he was raised by wolves after his family abandoned him when he was just two years old. Sneered at by most, tolerated by few, he is all that stands between the villagers and a bleak future. With the help of the forest, the Wolf Kin sends the army into exile. But none foresaw how far the soldiers would fall from grace; their exile starts a chain of events that few will survive unscathed. (I have very vivid dreams, when I awake, I write down the bones of the dreams to fill them out later, all characters descriptions and names are as I remember them. Some who have read this book say they loved it but didn't understand the whirlwind romance, others say they loved the romance but didn't like the gore, I'm afraid no one will like this book in it's entirety, but it is my dream I share with you, I hope you will at least love some of it.)
Publisher: Neo Griffin
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
In the Bronze Age a small forest kingdom is thrown into turmoil when their king dies without an heir. Villagers flee to the forest to escape the fighting for the crown, which must surely follow. Soldiers rise up and attempt to put an impostor on the throne. The Wolf Kin he is named, for he was raised by wolves after his family abandoned him when he was just two years old. Sneered at by most, tolerated by few, he is all that stands between the villagers and a bleak future. With the help of the forest, the Wolf Kin sends the army into exile. But none foresaw how far the soldiers would fall from grace; their exile starts a chain of events that few will survive unscathed. (I have very vivid dreams, when I awake, I write down the bones of the dreams to fill them out later, all characters descriptions and names are as I remember them. Some who have read this book say they loved it but didn't understand the whirlwind romance, others say they loved the romance but didn't like the gore, I'm afraid no one will like this book in it's entirety, but it is my dream I share with you, I hope you will at least love some of it.)
The Central Swirlio
Author: Quiche de Flurry
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1543767931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The antagonist of this series is barely mentioned in this book. His name is Chronotix Zeit Genrai Denbora and carries in distinction, one vertical eye. His murderers thought that it might be a tad rude that this great majister lacks a bigger part, and so convinced me to honor him with some cover time. As art is not my forte, this on the left is the best that I managed to do. Yes, they had killed him, the three of them. The magnate billionaire, the time traveler and the Chief Commisioner of the Interplanetary Alliance. Before they are able to come to terms with what has transpired, they are kidnapped by an alien race known only as the Ziggonians. They board the alien spacecraft and soar through the endless vastness of space in order to face trial for their crimes at the tribunal of the galaxies of souls. Tasked with their defense, the Eye of Chimera using the Mindmeld 3000, digs through and spins awake their everlong memories. Beginning in a world before this one, a yesterworld lightweight and airy, with only a fraction of Earths present day gravity. Where giants and dinosaurs still roam freely throughout the lands. The seven realms vie for dominance in a world where all is decided by way of combat. And anyone knows that any combateer worth their mettle has traveled at least one heavy air to completion at one of the rims of the world. Another spring equinox approaches and with it the chance to win the combat rights to chase the heavy air.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1543767931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The antagonist of this series is barely mentioned in this book. His name is Chronotix Zeit Genrai Denbora and carries in distinction, one vertical eye. His murderers thought that it might be a tad rude that this great majister lacks a bigger part, and so convinced me to honor him with some cover time. As art is not my forte, this on the left is the best that I managed to do. Yes, they had killed him, the three of them. The magnate billionaire, the time traveler and the Chief Commisioner of the Interplanetary Alliance. Before they are able to come to terms with what has transpired, they are kidnapped by an alien race known only as the Ziggonians. They board the alien spacecraft and soar through the endless vastness of space in order to face trial for their crimes at the tribunal of the galaxies of souls. Tasked with their defense, the Eye of Chimera using the Mindmeld 3000, digs through and spins awake their everlong memories. Beginning in a world before this one, a yesterworld lightweight and airy, with only a fraction of Earths present day gravity. Where giants and dinosaurs still roam freely throughout the lands. The seven realms vie for dominance in a world where all is decided by way of combat. And anyone knows that any combateer worth their mettle has traveled at least one heavy air to completion at one of the rims of the world. Another spring equinox approaches and with it the chance to win the combat rights to chase the heavy air.
Weather Witch
Author: Shannon Delany
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250018544
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The first in an exciting new young adult series from 13 to Life writer Shannon Delany, Weather Witch is about a young woman enslaved for being a weather witch, and who must fight for her freedom to be with the boy she loves. Some fled the Old World to avoid war, and some fled to leave behind magick. Yet even the fiercely regulated New World--with its ranks and emphasis on decorum--cannot staunch the power that wells up in certain people, influencing the weather and calling down storms. Hunted, the Weather Witches are forced to power the rest of the population's ships, as well as their every necessity, and luxury, in a time when steam power is repressed. Jordan Astraea hails from a flawless background with no taint of magick, but on her seventeenth birthday she is accused of summoning an unscheduled storm. Taken from her family, Jordan is destined to be enslaved on an airship. But breaking Jordan may prove to be the very thing her carefully constructed society cannot weather. And losing Jordan forever may force her beau, Rowen, to be the hero he would have never otherwise dared become.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250018544
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The first in an exciting new young adult series from 13 to Life writer Shannon Delany, Weather Witch is about a young woman enslaved for being a weather witch, and who must fight for her freedom to be with the boy she loves. Some fled the Old World to avoid war, and some fled to leave behind magick. Yet even the fiercely regulated New World--with its ranks and emphasis on decorum--cannot staunch the power that wells up in certain people, influencing the weather and calling down storms. Hunted, the Weather Witches are forced to power the rest of the population's ships, as well as their every necessity, and luxury, in a time when steam power is repressed. Jordan Astraea hails from a flawless background with no taint of magick, but on her seventeenth birthday she is accused of summoning an unscheduled storm. Taken from her family, Jordan is destined to be enslaved on an airship. But breaking Jordan may prove to be the very thing her carefully constructed society cannot weather. And losing Jordan forever may force her beau, Rowen, to be the hero he would have never otherwise dared become.
Fool Me Twice
Author: Amanda Hubbard
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408855488
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Last summer, Mackenzie and Landon were the perfect couple. And then he dumped her and broke her heart. Fast-forward a year and they're back at their summer jobs at Serenity Ranch and Spa with Mack and her best friend Bailey, spending their time fantasising about making voodoo dolls and playing childish pranks on Landon. Luckily for Mack, the perfect opportunity presents itself. Landon takes a nasty fall and suddenly he's stuck in the past - literally. His most recent memory is of last summer, when they were together, so now he's calling Mack pet names and hanging all over her. The plan is simple: keep Landon at arm's length, manipulate him so he's the one falling in love, and then, BAM, dump him in the most epic revenge plot in the history of everdom. There's only one teensy problem: Mack can't fall for Landon a second time.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408855488
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Last summer, Mackenzie and Landon were the perfect couple. And then he dumped her and broke her heart. Fast-forward a year and they're back at their summer jobs at Serenity Ranch and Spa with Mack and her best friend Bailey, spending their time fantasising about making voodoo dolls and playing childish pranks on Landon. Luckily for Mack, the perfect opportunity presents itself. Landon takes a nasty fall and suddenly he's stuck in the past - literally. His most recent memory is of last summer, when they were together, so now he's calling Mack pet names and hanging all over her. The plan is simple: keep Landon at arm's length, manipulate him so he's the one falling in love, and then, BAM, dump him in the most epic revenge plot in the history of everdom. There's only one teensy problem: Mack can't fall for Landon a second time.
Centaur Aisle
Author: Piers Anthony
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345454332
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The magic of Xanth was useless in Mundania—until Dor tried honesty! Dor was having troubles growing up to be the next Magician-King of the magic Land of Xanth. He wanted no part of running the Kingdom. But now the Good King Trent was leaving on a trade mission to non-magical Mundania, home of such weird beasts as horses and bears, so Dor had to take over as King for a week. A week passes. No Trent. Then three weeks. King Trent still hasn't returned. Surely, something terrible had happened; he was apparently held captive in some foul dungeon, unable to escape. Dor was left with the burden of ruling—and with Irene, who was entirely too willing to be his Queen! His only hope was to enter Mundania and free King Trent. But how could it be done without the powers of magic? Nevertheless, he started forth bravely—together with Irene, a golem, a centaur, and a young ogre—heading for the far south of Xanth. The entrance to Mundania, of course, lay to the north.
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345454332
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The magic of Xanth was useless in Mundania—until Dor tried honesty! Dor was having troubles growing up to be the next Magician-King of the magic Land of Xanth. He wanted no part of running the Kingdom. But now the Good King Trent was leaving on a trade mission to non-magical Mundania, home of such weird beasts as horses and bears, so Dor had to take over as King for a week. A week passes. No Trent. Then three weeks. King Trent still hasn't returned. Surely, something terrible had happened; he was apparently held captive in some foul dungeon, unable to escape. Dor was left with the burden of ruling—and with Irene, who was entirely too willing to be his Queen! His only hope was to enter Mundania and free King Trent. But how could it be done without the powers of magic? Nevertheless, he started forth bravely—together with Irene, a golem, a centaur, and a young ogre—heading for the far south of Xanth. The entrance to Mundania, of course, lay to the north.
Tied with a Bow
Author: Lora Leigh
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 042524329X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh headlines an all-new paranormal romance anthology that turns up the holiday heat. #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh features the Breeds in her story. New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra brings a haunting tale of a fallen angel. USA Today bestselling author Eileen Wilks returns to the shapeshifing Lupi for another magical tale. National bestselling author Kimberly Frost introduces a new paronormal world of muses and vampires.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 042524329X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh headlines an all-new paranormal romance anthology that turns up the holiday heat. #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh features the Breeds in her story. New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra brings a haunting tale of a fallen angel. USA Today bestselling author Eileen Wilks returns to the shapeshifing Lupi for another magical tale. National bestselling author Kimberly Frost introduces a new paronormal world of muses and vampires.