Posted in booktalks 8 and above on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Four teenagers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.
Music: Reflections by Soundzabound
Posted in booktalks 6-8 on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Bran, Britt and their mother are to house-sit a place for the summer. Trouble appears when Bran does not disclose the truth about the arrangements.
Music: Caribbean by Barry Starlin Britt on Soundzabound.
Posted in booktalks 4-5, sports on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
The only thing Debbie has ever wanted is a family of her own, and nobody understands that having foster parents just is not the same thing, so she takes out her frustrations on the basketball courts.
Posted in Uncategorized, booktalks 4-5, mystery on Apr 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Suspicious of Professor Pepper’s intentions to raise the ghost of a dead outlaw onstage, Opie does some investigating and discovers some live criminals’ dastardly deeds.
Music: Track 24 of Soundzabound
Posted in poetry on Apr 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Poem read by several classes.
Posted in poetry on Apr 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Several classes read the two voice poem by Paul Fleischman in the volume titled Joyful Noise.
Posted in booktalks 4-5, frontier, history on Apr 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Set in 1880, Noah pushes his Aunt Dora, who is in a wheelchair as they explore the prairie and learns to read in the process.
Music: Clarinet Solo from Soundzabound
Posted in booktalks 6-8, history on Apr 12th, 2008 No Comments »
History and fiction mix as Nicholas and Joseph Ehrlick, a father-son performers, who meet John Wilkes Booth. Set in 1864, Abraham Lincoln is president. Can they stop the tragedy?
Music: Techno Head by Barry Starlin Britt of Soundzabound
Posted in booktalks 2-3, booktalks K-1, art on Apr 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Includes Harold’s Fairy Tale: Further Adventures with the Purple Crayon. Harold is an artist using his talent for his wall and then for entering an enchanted garden that has a giant witch.
Music: House of Mirrors by Soundzabound
Posted in booktalks 4-5, fantasy on Apr 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Jemima Jinglebob is ashamed of her father, who knits instead of hunting and shooting. When Not-Nice Nellie and her bandits hit town, it is Pa Jinglebob who saves the day.
Music: Acoustic Guitar on Soundzabound by Barry Starlin Britt.
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