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From the moment Pip meets Magwitch in the graveyard this full-cast drama leaps into life, and over the three hours,…
examines the themes and historical and social background of the novel. The CD also explores Dicken's work and life and consider the alternative ending presented in the original serialization. The "all-in-one" guide also presents two sample essay questions with suggestion for essay plans and coursework. Junior and Senior High. 2006.
Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning play, wrapped up in the genre of…
a gripping detective story, to truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body". For senior high readers. 2006, c1945.
Experience the gritty realism of Billy Casper's world, as he fights to escape the confines of life in a 1960's…
Yorkshire mining town by training and flying a hawk. Junior and senior high readers. 2006, c1968.
Elizabeth gets an after-school job as a page at the New York Circulating Material Repository, which houses magical objects from…
the Grimm brothers' fairy tales. When items disappear Elizabeth and the other pages are drawn into frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods. For grades 6-9. 2010
Elmer Kelton writes about what Christmas was like in West Texas during the Great Depression. Kelton experienced Christmas on two…
ranches--the one where his father was foreman, and the one his paternal grandfather operated. His grandparents' home lacked electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing, but it was full of cousins, delicious food, and a warm glow that reflected more than just the heat generated by the pot-bellied stove in the living room. This book includes accounts of Kelton's last Christmas at home before shipping out for war in Europe, his first Christmas after the war, and a special Christmas in Austria more than thirty-five years later. For high school and adult readers
This biography of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) reviews the facts of his unhappy life and unprofitable writing career. Discusses his…
psychological horror stories, mysteries, science fiction, and poetry; his addiction to alcohol; and the mystery surrounding his death. For grades 6-9. 2009
Annie, a young Navajo girl, is upset thinking her grandmother could die. When her grandmother announces that she will return…
to the earth when the rug on the loom is finished, Annie tries to stop the weaving. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1971
A selection of writings by boys' favorite authors--Avi, Chris Crutcher, Dan Gutman, Stephen King, William Sleator--about being a boy. Scieszka,…
who took these pieces from his Guys Read web site, describes them as "funny, action-packed, sad, goofy, gross, touching, stupid, true, and all very short." For grades 6-9. 2005
Letters from Little House author Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband, Almanzo, during a San Francisco visit to her daughter.…
Laura writes about the excitements of her cross-country train ride, her first sight of the Pacific Ocean, and the 1915 World's Fair. For junior and senior high readers. 1974
Thirteen-year-old Carly lives at the New Jersey shore where she dodges her abusive father by sneaking out at night to…
roam the boardwalk. When a stranger seeks to question her about mysterious packages she delivers for her father, Carly's neighbors suspect him of criminal activities and rally around to help her. For grades 6-9. 2002
Author of Hatchet (DB 30535) and other survival adventures recalls his own escapades at age twelve. Describes how he attempted…
to shoot a twelve-foot waterfall in a barrel, how a friend on skis was pulled by a car at high speed, and other daredevil feats. For grades 5-8. 2003
A biography of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, who devoted many years to traveling around Germany collecting fairy tales and legends.…
Describes their upbringing and career and places them in the framework of early-nineteenth-century European political and social events. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2001
Guide to everything magical in the first four Harry Potter books. Presents the folklore, mythology, and history behind objects, spells,…
and creatures in Harry's world. Discusses arithmancy--one of Hermione's favorite subjects--the hippogriff, the invisibility cloak, runes, and the unicorn, among other items. For grades 4-7. 2001
In this companion to Where the Flame Trees Bloom (DB 42823) the author continues the story of her childhood in…
a small town in Cuba. She reminisces about her uncles, a pilot and a doctor, and about the death of her beloved ballet teacher. For grades 3-6. 1998
Traces Longfellow's nineteenth-century youth in Portland in what was then the District of Maine, his years at Bowdoin College, foreign…
travels, and rise to fame. He was thirteen when he wrote his first poem, "The Battle of Lovell's Pond." For grades 6-9
A classic sea adventure. Ishmael recounts the last voyage of the whaling ship Pequod and how the one-legged Captain Ahab…
is obsessed with finding the white whale Moby Dick. A retelling of Herman Melville's novel originally published in 1851. For grades 5-8
Rogers, of the popular children's program Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, presents letters he has received from children and adults through the…
years. Rogers discusses world issues, feelings and fears, family relationships, and death