Journeys Young Readers Letters To Authors Who Changed Their Lives

Author : Library of Congress Center for the Book
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780763696986

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Journeys: Young Readers’ Letters to Authors Who Changed Their Lives by Library of Congress Center for the Book Pdf

Books can change lives — and here are more than fifty powerful letters from young readers to authors revealing some of the ways that is true. Annie Schnitzer tells Elie Wiesel, “Reading your story allowed me to connect with my own history,” explaining how reading his memoir deepened her understanding of her grandparents’ plight during the Holocaust. After reading The House on Mango Street, Julia Mueller writes to Sandra Cisneros, “You didn’t tell me how to pull myself back together; you just showed me that I could. I was tired of trying to be somebody else’s definition of beautiful, and you told me that was okay.” Culled from the Letters About Literature contest of the Library of Congress Center for the Book, the fifty-two letters in this collection — written by students in grades four through twelve — reveal how deeply books and poetry affect the lives of readers. Offering letters that are as profound as they are personal and as moving as they are enlightening, this collection, which also features artwork by some of the contest entrants, provides a glimpse into young people’s lives and their connections — both expected and unexpected — to the written word.

Author : Stephanie Katz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216111108

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Libraries Publish by Stephanie Katz Pdf

In this book, author Stephanie Katz, founding editor of the award-winning literary journal 805 Lit + Art, shares practical tools and advice for starting successful creative publishing projects. Publishing benefits libraries by providing high-quality content to patrons, showcasing local writers and faculty, and creating buzz for the library. These endeavors can be launched at any type and size of library, often for little to no cost. Libraries Publish teaches libraries how to publish literary magazines, book review blogs, local anthologies, picture books, library professional journals, and even novels. You'll learn how to run a writing contest or writer-in-residence program, form community partnerships with other literary organizations, find funding, navigate legal considerations, market your publication, and more. Each chapter contains detailed information on how to start your project, including comprehensive checklists, recommendations for free software, and legal considerations. Social media strategies as well as tips for facilitating student or teen-run projects are also covered. If your library wants to start a publishing project, this book will be your go-to resource!

Author : Sharon Kane
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351812672

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Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas by Sharon Kane Pdf

The 3rd Edition of Literacy & Learning in the Content Areas helps readers build the knowledge, motivation, tools, and confidence they need as they integrate literacy into their middle and high school content area classrooms. Its unique approach to teaching content area literacy actively engages preservice and practicing teachers in reading and writing and the very activities that they will use to teach literacy to their own studentsin middle and high school classrooms . Rather than passively learning about strategies for incorporating content area literacy activities, readers get hands-on experience in such techniques as mapping/webbing, anticipation guides, booktalks, class websites, and journal writing and reflection. Readers also learn how to integrate children's and young adult literature, primary sources, biographies, essays, poetry, and online content, communities, and websites into their classrooms. Each chapter offers concrete teaching examples and practical suggestions to help make literacy relevant to students' content area learning. Author Sharon Kane demonstrates how relevant reading, writing, speaking, listening, and visual learning activities can improve learning in content area subjects and at the same time help readers meet national content knowledge standards and benchmarks.

Author : Lisa Frenkel Riddiough
Publisher : Running Press Kids
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780762473069

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Letters to Live By by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough Pdf

A social-emotional concept picture book that teaches readers the power of setting intentions and embracing mindfulness in our everyday. Appreciate art, become brave, and choose compassion. Pairing big ideas like generosity, respect, and joy with the letters of the alphabet, Letters to Live By is a beautiful picture book that encourages children to make the most of each day and leave their mark on the world.

Author : Bruce Sklarew,Myra Sklarew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-19
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781135153007

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The Journey of Child Development by Bruce Sklarew,Myra Sklarew Pdf

Joseph Noshpitz was at the forefront of psychodynamic treatment and research with children and adolescents. These previously unpublished papers are introduced by experts who contemporize and contextualize the work for the modern reader.--[book cover].

Author : Maureen O'Connor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781610691468

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Life Stories by Maureen O'Connor Pdf

Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told—and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing titles that range from travel and adventure classics and celebrity autobiographies to foodie memoirs and environmental reads, Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically addresses the needs of readers' advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.

Author : Minjie Chen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317508809

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The Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature by Minjie Chen Pdf

The Sino-Japanese War (1937 – 1945) was fought in the Asia-Pacific theatre between Imperial Japan and China, with the United States as the latter’s major military ally. An important line of investigation remains, questioning how the history of this war has been passed on to post-war generations’ consciousness, and how information sources, particularly those exposed to young people in their formative years, shape their knowledge and bias of the conflict as well as World War II more generally. This book is the first to focus on how the Sino-Japanese War has been represented in non-English and English sources for children and young adults. As a cross-cultural study and an interdisciplinary endeavour, it not only examines youth-orientated publications in China and the United States, but also draws upon popular culture, novelists’ memoirs, and family oral narratives to make comparisons between fiction and history, Chinese and American sources, and published materials and private memories of the war. Through quantitative narrative analysis, literary and visual analysis, and socio-political critique, it shows the dominant pattern of war stories, traces chronological changes over the seven decades from 1937 to 2007, and teases out the ways in which the history of the Sino-Japanese War has been constructed, censored, and utilized to serve shifting agendas. Providing a much needed examination of public memory, literary representation, and popular imagination of the Sino-Japanese War, this book will have huge interdisciplinary appeal, particularly for students and scholars of Asian history, literature, society and education.

Author : Martin Ganda,Caitlin Alifirenka
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0316241334

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I Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda,Caitlin Alifirenka Pdf

The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe -- and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends--and better people--through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire you to look beyond your own life and wonder about the world at large and your place in it.

Author : Lisa Frenkel Riddiough
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781647002015

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Elvis and the World As It Stands by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough Pdf

A poignant middle-grade story about loss and finding family from the point of view of a newly adopted kitten "An absolute delight, from beginning to end." —Anne Ursu, author of National Book Award nominee The Real Boy "Elvis's journey is sweet and funny and profound." —Eliot Schrefer, National Book Award finalist Most shelter animals dream of going home with a forever family. But for Elvis, being chosen by Mrs. Pemberton is a nightmare. He’s been separated from his sister, Etta, and is determined to get back to the shelter to find her. In spite of himself, Elvis becomes curious about ten-year-old Georgina Pemberton, who builds LEGO skyscrapers in her bedroom while navigating her parents’ separation. The longer he’s in his new home, the more he starts recognizing new feelings: admiration for Georgina’s creations, affection for the other pets, and even empathy for the Pembertons—despite their inability to listen. As Georgina sets out to build her most important skyscrapers yet—the Twin Towers—Elvis realizes that maybe both humans and animals can take a page from Georgina’s Big Book of American Architecture and “build a world of their own choosing,” even if the choices aren’t what they’d initially expected.

Author : Nic Stone
Publisher : Ember
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781984829696

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Dear Justyce by Nic Stone Pdf

The stunning sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin. Incarcerated teen Quan writes letters to Justyce about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Angie Thomas. In the highly anticipated sequel to her New York Times bestseller, Nic Stone delivers an unflinching look into the flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile justice system. Vernell LaQuan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce--the protagonist of Dear Martin--Quan's story takes form. Troubles at home and misunderstandings at school give rise to police encounters and tough decisions. But then there's a dead cop and a weapon with Quan's prints on it. What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge? Not even Quan is sure. "A powerful, raw, must-read told through the lens of a Black boy ensnared by our broken criminal justice system." -Kirkus, Starred Review

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015084609687

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The Churchman by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carrie Firestone
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781984816443

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Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone Pdf

In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie, an eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion. Molly Frost is FED UP... Because Olivia was yelled at for wearing a tank top. Because Liza got dress coded and Molly didn't, even though they were wearing the exact same outfit. Because when Jessica was pulled over by the principal and missed a math quiz, her teacher gave her an F. Because it's impossible to find shorts that are longer than her fingertips. Because girls' bodies are not a distraction. Because middle school is hard enough. And so Molly starts a podcast where girls can tell their stories, and before long, her small rebellion swells into a revolution. Because now the girls are standing up for what's right, and they're not backing down.

Author : Trevor Noah
Publisher : One World
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780399588181

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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid “Noah’s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa’s history that must never be forgotten.”—Esquire Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love.

Author : Catherine Barr
Publisher : Reed Reference Publishing
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1994-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UVA:X004035096

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The Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information by Catherine Barr Pdf

"The enduring success of THE BOWKER ANNUAL may be attributed to its useful blend of thoughtful essays & informative reports...& its regularly updated reference lists."--LIBRARY SCIENCE ANNUAL. "Because of varying features edition to edition, it is still a good idea to keep the last five volumes at one's fingertips. With such a battery of information...it remains the preeminent handbook for librarians & booksellers. Indispensible."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL. "The librarian's best friend..."--REFERENCE & RESEARCH BOOK NEWS. Stay on top of the book industry & library developments that affect your job. As a statistical information resource...a planning & research guide...a directory & calendar, THE BOWKER ANNUAL LIBRARY & BOOK TRADE ALMANAC 1994 will help you: *review all the highlights of the past year *find lists of best books, literary prize winners, & bestsellers in one volume *understand how legislation & new regulations will affect libraries *find statistical information about book prices, numbers of books published, library expenditures, average salaries, & more *prepare budgets & justify requests *keep informed on the trends in information infrastructure with special reports on the Internet & networking. THE BOWKER ANNUAL LIBRARY & BOOK TRADE ALMANAC is the single source you can turn to for all the latest library & book trade news & statistics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : American literature
ISBN : PRNC:32101063835100

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Book News by Anonim Pdf