Few characters in children’s books have a personality as strong as Ramona Quimby’s, the star of Beverly Cleary’sRamonaseries. Fearless, stubborn, intelligent, and creative, Ramona’s boundless energy radiates from the pages. Her antics as she progresses from kindergarten to elementary school pr...
and she knows their world intimately. With this insight into their lives, she knows the emotional and physical changes they’re experiencing — and how to help kids navigate friends, peer pressure, and the host of other issues they face. ThroughMiddle School Matters, she...
This current parenting stage is a bit more…muddled. I am still in those young children days, with a 3-year-old keeping us both laughing and on our toes, but I also have a high school student, middle school student, and two in elementary school. If you lost count along the way, tha...
The language is easy for elementary students and teens to understand. Solheim’s pacing makes his engaging story a quick read. Pen and ink illustrations are scattered throughout the book and contribute to the story.Ali’s Beeswould be a good book for families to read and discuss together and...
educators. Different pages will inspire students. Encourage kids to pick a page and imagine who might they be when they grow up. The “If I…” prompts are a great opener for writing a few paragraphs about their stories. Other students may want to draw a picture about themselves and their...
Thank you, Mandy, for your willingness to be vulnerable with your first hand experiences.” Caroline Bechard “In "A Matter of Principal," Mandy Davis draws on her experience as an elementary school principal to eloquently navigate the shift from conventional schooling to the enriching realm of ...
And the one about fighting Nazi’s in Greenland was awesome too. But that Ralph Waldo guy – I mean I get it …. Be true to yourself and don’t give into peer pressure and be your own person. But why did he have to beat the point to death over and over for 50 pages?” I ...
and a frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives. And Max, the leader of the flock, is seized by an overpowering fear that the kids are about to face a danger greater than...
(fire drill, student emergency) could require an immediate shift in plans, a demand for innovation. An elementary teacher needs to be prepared to walk into a classroom at any grade level armed with little else than a picture book and innovate a writing lesson for pen and paper or for an ...
(I never had to extricate myself from anything. The closest my family got to organized religion was a brief stint with the Unitarians when I was in elementary school.) And I enjoy his sense of humor. So 100 pages in, after ranting about appeasers (who would seem to include me), he ...