books and reading

Profiles fifty novels for grades 4-8 that present character traits worth emulating. Each profile discusses a novel's awards, characters, setting, plot, and vocabulary; presents discussion questions and project ideas; and provides information about the author, as well as comments from the author on the novel.

Ideas for book reports or book talks for students in grades 6-12.

Explains how to organize a book club for kids and presents resources and activities for use with fifty books at grade levels 1-5, 4-7, 6-8, and 9 and up; each book profile includes a synopsis, author background, the author's Web site, a recipe, activities, discussion topics, a list of film adaptations, and further reading suggestions.

Summaries of eighty books in the area of fiction, plays, biographies, nonfiction, and several old favorites.

Profiles hundreds of authors and lists approximately eight thousand books, arranged according to subjects studied in sixth- through twelfth-grade school curricula. Covers literature, language arts, mathematics, and computer science.

A collection of essays on great children's literature that relates the lives of the authors to the works themselves.

An annotated listing of over 12,000 titles for children through the sixth grade.

Sharon Taberski shares the lessons she has learned throughout her teaching career and explains how she enhances her students' interest in reading.

A collection of stories, poems, and drawings by some of America's most famous children's authors and artists including Judy Blume, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, and Virginia Hamilton.