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Books and reading
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The Book ThiefTrying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man the |
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Girl SleuthPresents a comprehensive study of the two women behind the legendary "Nancy Drew" mystery books, and describes how the characters and her "author" Carolyn Keene were actually invented by Edward Strate |
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Where's My Cow?Presents a book for young readers about Young Sam and his favorite book about someone who had lost his cow. |
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Reading Lolita in TehranThe author describes growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the group of young women who came together at her home in secret every Thursday to read and discuss great books of Western literatur |
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InkheartTwelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into s |
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Thursday Next in The Well of Lost PlotsThursday Next, an English detective who mingles, literally, in literature, escapes to a place far from her job protecting the classics--a never-published pulp fiction novel--to spend the rest of her p |
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The Literature Teacher's Book of ListsA compedium of useful, whimsical, and necessary information for the secondary and college teacher of literature. |
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Better Than Book ReportsA teacher resource book that focuses on book sharing techniques that go beyond the standard book report. Gr. 2-6. |
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Scholastic Explains Reading HomeworkDiscusses the ways books and different kinds of writing are organized and how to get the most out of reading for pleasure and information. |
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TalktalkE.L. Konigsburg presents a selection of speeches she has given over a period of twenty-five years. |
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