books and reading

Describes the author's 4M framework to lighten the teacher's role while helping students to monitor and direct their own reading. Includes examples, lessons, reading process and strategy lists, and a photo tour of exemplary reading classrooms.

When eleven-year-old Tilly Pages joins Oskar and his family on a Christmas trip to Paris, she and her friend bookwander into the land of fairy tales, where someone--or something--is causing chaos.

Landon's favorite place in the whole world is The Bookworm Bookstore. But when he discovers a bunch of real bookworms, things get weird and wild--and a little scary! What are the bookworms hiding? Dig in to unearth the truth in this early chapter book.

"Dragons, typhoons, and demon lords, oh my! The popularity of Magic Market has boomed beyond expectation-in fact, it's such a hit, news has reached even the highest echelon of the underworld. As the Holy Land teems with all manner of human and monster, will Mika be able to keep order and find a way back home, or will chaos ultimately reign under the arrival of the Demon Lord?!" -- Back cover.

After solving the mystery of Tilly's mother's disappearance, Tilly and her best friend Oskar, discover that the bookwandering community is at risk. Tilly and Oskar are part of a special group of people, bookwanderers, that can travel inside any book they want to. But one day in Paris, France, the friends stumble into a book of fairy tales where strange things are happening. Plus, an extreme group of librarians have taken over the British Underlibrary and are determined to stop bookwandering. Tilly and Oskar believe The Archivists are the key to setting things right, but they haven't been seen for thousands of years and some people don't even believe they ever existed. On their quest for The Archivists, the two friends realize that villains don't only live inside books and sometimes there is no happily ever after.

"A teen girl reeling from the scars of a past relationship finds healing and hope in the words of strong Black writers and the new community she builds in Brooklyn, New York"--.

"A teen girl reeling from the scars of a past relationship finds healing and hope in the words of strong Black writers and the new community she builds in Brooklyn, New York"--Provided by publisher.

"Minnie Mouse cannot decide what book to choose at her school's book fair, and as she looks at her friends' choices she imagines herself as an astronaut, a chef, and a detective, only to conclude that each one is not right for her"--Provided by publisher.

"Tilly Pages and her friend Oskar journey to Washington, D.C., where she wanders inside the books at the Library of Congress and they try to stop a nefarious plan with some powerful help"--Provided by publisher.

The Southern Kingdom is in the grip of Emperor Seven and his war on both magic, books, and learning; even worse, a malignant darkness is rising and threatening everybody, including Brystal Evergreen, who has gathered allies among the fairies and other magical creatures to confront the threat, but she is also aware that the days of her life are slipping away, and if she does not find the Book of Sorcery in a few weeks she will die.