reading materials

A selection of readings in Italian designed to improve the skills of learners with a basic to intermediate knowledge of the language, presented in increasing difficulty within the categories of travel in Italy, cuisine, fashion, customs and society, education, family, feminism, and Italian attitudes toward America; each with exercises.

Looks at the history of Zion National Park.

Examines the founding and history of the Grand Canyon National Park.

Examines the founding and history of the Yosemite National Park.

Examines the founding and history of Glacier National Park.

Examines the history and geography of the Everglades National Park.

Irritating his teachers with his lack of focus and creative excuses, Tom Gates spends his time drawing pictures and writing down observations about everything from his grumpy sister and annoying classmate to an unsatisfying camping trip.

Boarding the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George explores the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink, in chapter-book format.

When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan Lord Kronos draws near.

When the time comes for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own, she does not expect a fairy-tale love story like her parents, but the princess discovers her own happily ever after may not be as impossible as she thought.