Summer is officially here! Time to relax, sit by the pool, enjoy some lemonade, and kick back with a great book. Here’s my Beach Book List from 2013 as well as my end of summer update with reviews of many books. This summer we’ll be welcoming another baby boy to our family, so I’m not sure… Continue reading Bookworm’s Beach List: Summer 2014
Author: Brittany
Teaching Literature: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Biography The Jazz Age (Cornell University) Teaching The Great Gatsby (NEA): Links, Resources, History, Handouts The Great Gatsby Teacher’s Guide (NEA Big Read): Essay topics, Lesson plans, Capstone Project Gatsby Writing Analysis Assignment [Here’s an example of points I give my students as we discuss the Literary Analysis Essay. Usually,… Continue reading Teaching Literature: The Great Gatsby
Goodnight Sleep Tight Blog Tour
About the Book Title: Goodnight, Sleep Tight: What a Wonderful Flight | Author: Louise Lintvelt | Illustrator: Do Thai Thanh | Publication Date: April 16, 2014 | Publisher: eBookPartnership.com | Number of pages: 30 | Recommended age: 3 to 8 Summary: After an exciting flight, it is time to say goodnight. The tired sun… Continue reading Goodnight Sleep Tight Blog Tour
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house ans smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats v-e-r-y slowly. Mrs Piggle-Wiggle has a treatment for… Continue reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
YA Holocaust & WWII Books: Reviews & Suggestions
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With… Continue reading YA Holocaust & WWII Books: Reviews & Suggestions