Author: Hadley Irwin
Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN: 9780689803895
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
While his mother and latest stepfather are on their honeymoon, 12-year-old Freddie Ackerman opts to spend the summer on remote Blue Isle, Maine, with two eccentric great-aunts he's never met. With no malls, movie theaters, or even a television set, Trevor is bored to death--until he answers a classified ad in a magazine and finds himself caught up in an intriguing mystery. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The Original Freddie Ackerman
Author: Hadley Irwin
Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN: 9780689803895
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
While his mother and latest stepfather are on their honeymoon, 12-year-old Freddie Ackerman opts to spend the summer on remote Blue Isle, Maine, with two eccentric great-aunts he's never met. With no malls, movie theaters, or even a television set, Trevor is bored to death--until he answers a classified ad in a magazine and finds himself caught up in an intriguing mystery. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN: 9780689803895
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
While his mother and latest stepfather are on their honeymoon, 12-year-old Freddie Ackerman opts to spend the summer on remote Blue Isle, Maine, with two eccentric great-aunts he's never met. With no malls, movie theaters, or even a television set, Trevor is bored to death--until he answers a classified ad in a magazine and finds himself caught up in an intriguing mystery. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
How to Grow a Young Reader
Author: Kathryn Lindskoog
Publisher: Shaw Books
ISBN: 0877884080
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
In an age of electronic games, TV, videos, and the Internet…You can raise a book lover. Reading opens up a lifetime of learning and delight to children. In How to Grow a Young Reader, Kathryn Lindskoog and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker offer suggestions for creating a reader-friendly home, truths about how literature strengthens character development, and helpful strategies for nurturing a love of reading in any child. Includes a helpful guide to over 1,800 books.
Publisher: Shaw Books
ISBN: 0877884080
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
In an age of electronic games, TV, videos, and the Internet…You can raise a book lover. Reading opens up a lifetime of learning and delight to children. In How to Grow a Young Reader, Kathryn Lindskoog and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker offer suggestions for creating a reader-friendly home, truths about how literature strengthens character development, and helpful strategies for nurturing a love of reading in any child. Includes a helpful guide to over 1,800 books.
The Original Freddie Ackerman
Author: Hadley Irwin
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606097185
Category : Great-aunts
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Trevor Frederick Ackerman refuses to spend another summer with his extended family of divorced parents, step-parents, and step-brothers and step-sisters, so he is sent up to Maine to stay with two eccentric great aunts and there gets involved with some interesting people and an unexpected mystery.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606097185
Category : Great-aunts
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Trevor Frederick Ackerman refuses to spend another summer with his extended family of divorced parents, step-parents, and step-brothers and step-sisters, so he is sent up to Maine to stay with two eccentric great aunts and there gets involved with some interesting people and an unexpected mystery.
Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults
Author: Barbara Thrash Murphy
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135873542
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults is a biographical dictionary that provides comprehensive coverage of all major authors and illustrators – past and present. As the only reference volume of its kind available, this book is a valuable research tool that provides quick access for anyone studying black children’s literature – whether one is a student, a librarian charged with maintaining a children’s literature collection, or a scholar of children’s literature. The Fourth Edition of this renowned reference work illuminates African American contributions to children’s literature and books for young adults. The new edition contains updated and new information for existing author/illustrator entries, the addition of approximately 50 new profiles, and a new section listing online resources of interest to the authors and readers of black children’s literature.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135873542
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults is a biographical dictionary that provides comprehensive coverage of all major authors and illustrators – past and present. As the only reference volume of its kind available, this book is a valuable research tool that provides quick access for anyone studying black children’s literature – whether one is a student, a librarian charged with maintaining a children’s literature collection, or a scholar of children’s literature. The Fourth Edition of this renowned reference work illuminates African American contributions to children’s literature and books for young adults. The new edition contains updated and new information for existing author/illustrator entries, the addition of approximately 50 new profiles, and a new section listing online resources of interest to the authors and readers of black children’s literature.
Something about the Author
Author: Kevin Hile
Publisher: Something about the Author
ISBN: 9780810399464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Contains biographical information and critical essays concerning the works of over 100 authors and illustrators of children's works.
Publisher: Something about the Author
ISBN: 9780810399464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Contains biographical information and critical essays concerning the works of over 100 authors and illustrators of children's works.
Educator's Companion to Children's Literature
Author: Sharron L. McElmeel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313079390
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Each of these volumes explores five popular genres and shows how they can be used to promote learning in the library and classroom. After introductory discussions of each genre, McElmeel recommends books, gives lists of related titles, and provides a variety of ideas for genre-related activities that complement classroom thematic units. Grades 4-
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313079390
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Each of these volumes explores five popular genres and shows how they can be used to promote learning in the library and classroom. After introductory discussions of each genre, McElmeel recommends books, gives lists of related titles, and provides a variety of ideas for genre-related activities that complement classroom thematic units. Grades 4-
The Latest and Greatest Read-alouds
Author: Sharron L. McElmeel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This resource focuses on 100 of the best books for the elementary and middle-school classroom. Annotations summarize the plot and provide concise book information to aid selection. Each title is categorized by general reading level. Listening level is categorized by by grade and age.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This resource focuses on 100 of the best books for the elementary and middle-school classroom. Annotations summarize the plot and provide concise book information to aid selection. Each title is categorized by general reading level. Listening level is categorized by by grade and age.
The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031307819X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031307819X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.
Through the Eyes of a Child
Author: Donna E. Norton
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
In its seventh edition, "Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature" continues to be a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children's literature. It focuses squarely on selecting and evaluating quality literature to share with children and guiding them to appreciate and respond to that literature. This edition features multicultural literature and young adult literature in every chapter, expanded coverage of biographies and informational books and over 100 new children's titles referenced throughout. A children's literature CD-ROM accompanies the book and contains bibliographic information for thousands of titles, making it even easier to share quality literature with children and adolescents.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
In its seventh edition, "Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature" continues to be a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children's literature. It focuses squarely on selecting and evaluating quality literature to share with children and guiding them to appreciate and respond to that literature. This edition features multicultural literature and young adult literature in every chapter, expanded coverage of biographies and informational books and over 100 new children's titles referenced throughout. A children's literature CD-ROM accompanies the book and contains bibliographic information for thousands of titles, making it even easier to share quality literature with children and adolescents.
Writers for Young Adults
Author: Theodore W. Hipple
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Contains articles on writers whose works are popular with young adults, including contemporary authors, such as Francesca Lia Block and Maya Angelou, and classic authors, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Louisa May Alcott.
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Contains articles on writers whose works are popular with young adults, including contemporary authors, such as Francesca Lia Block and Maya Angelou, and classic authors, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Louisa May Alcott.