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Yesterday's doors
In "Yesterday's Doors," Arthur J. Burks weaves a rich tapestry of nostalgia and existential inquiry, exploring the intersections of memory, identity, and the passage of time. The narrative unfolds through vivid imagery and intricate prose, inviting readers into a world where the past and present collide. Burks masterfully employs a stream-of-consciousness style, reminiscent of modernist writers, and situates his work within the broader literary context of 20th-century American fiction, where the exploration of subjective reality becomes paramount. The book's thematic depth is enhanced by its lyrical quality, capturing the essence of fleeting moments and the doors they represent in the human ...
The Descendants of George Little
George Little (d.1693/1694) immigrated during or after 1640 from England to Newbury, Massachusetts, and married twice. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, New Jersey, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to Nova Scotia, Quebec and elsewhere in Canada.
Connecting Comics to Curriculum
Here is the essential guide for librarians and teachers who want to develop a quality, curriculum-based graphic novel collection—and use its power to engage and inform middle and high school students. Connecting Comics to Curriculum: Strategies for Grades 6–12 provides an introduction to graphic novels and the research that supports their use in schools. The book examines best curriculum practices for using graphic novels with students in grades 6–12, showing teachers and school librarians how they can work together to incorporate these materials across the secondary curriculum. Designed to be an essential guide to harnessing the power of graphic novels in schools, the book covers every aspect of graphic novel use in libraries and classrooms. It illuminates the criteria for selecting titles, explores collection development strategies, and suggests graphic novel tie-ins for subjects taught in secondary schools. One of the first books to provide in-depth lesson plans for teaching a variety of middle and high school standards with graphic novels, the guide offers suggestions for differentiating instruction and includes resource lists of recommended titles and websites.
The Churchman
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DREAMS DON’T EXPIRE
A book for dreamers and doers, this dreamer nurtured a lifelong vision to spend the last chapters of her life in her father’s birthplace, Tobago. She spent 50 years benchmarking Tobago against places of interest on five continents. Re-live her adventures in 1984, flying and camping through the Australian Outback with new-found friends, on a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, her visits to Indigenous communities and sites in Australia to purchase Indigenous art called Dreamings. An art collector and opera lover, you will vicariously experience Egypt’s architectural wonders, the works of renowned Renaissance artists at the Louvre in Paris, Sistine Chapel in Rome and her enthralling connection with Michelangelo’s David, in Florence. Taking courageous treks across the dirt roads of Liberia and Sierra Leone she introduces Internet-delivered education. Finally, and by chance, she comes across land in Tobago that has been in the Bailey family for 100 years. She buys it, and at age 65, breaks ground and converts this tropical forest in Tobago, into a nature park called Eden’s Door, thereby fulfilling her lifelong dream.
Graphic Novels
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel c...
Integrating Children's Literature through the Common Core State Standards
Implementation of the Common Core State Standards with the integration of children's literature can transform teaching and learning into a holistic and engaging experience. Tackling nearly every aspect of the English Language Arts Standards and the measures they employ, it offers a thorough plan for engaging elementary school students with literature. It explores the benefits and teaching principles behind CCSS, and explains how to apply them to literature. Along with the strengths it has in connection to CCSS, you will learn about the history of children's literature and what both fiction and nonfiction bring to the classroom. You will find plenty of practical applications of the CCSS, including book lists and lesson ideas, along with thorough examples. There is also a wealth of information on the kinds of readers you will encounter and explanations of how to meet their needs. A final section focuses on creating a curriculum, connecting the theory throughout the book with concrete lessons plans and units that cover the main CCSS skill sets.
