Hurst, Carol Otis

Presents a collection of literature-based activities for students in kindergarten through grade two; matching picture books with twenty curriculum themes in the areas of science, social studies, art, literature, and math; featuring summaries of fourteen recommended books; and including profiles of twenty-five authors.

Twelve-year-old Frank witnesses his mother's struggles to muster support for women's right to vote even as the family's life is transformed by a year running a lodge in western Massachusetts in the early 1920s.

Profiles eight books on the themes of family and friendship for students in grades three through five, ranging from picture books to novels, providing summaries, discussion techniques, activity ideas, and annotated related-reading lists for each.

Profiles eight books on the themes of family and friendship for students in grades 3-5, ranging from picture books to novels, providing summaries, discussion techniques, activity ideas, and annotated related-reading lists for each.