In this study, boys chose Maniac Magee as their favorite, while girls chose Number the Stars, and adults chose The Giver. Two recommendations for further study include: (1) to survey students, teachers, and library media specialists to determine their knowledge of Newbery books, and (2) to ...
Margaret Simon is a sixth grader who, tired of waiting (and waiting) for her period, finally appeals to God. (She’s not religious, per se, but the girl needs answers!) More than 50 years later, her awkward but deeply charming coming-of-age story is still richly resonant. ...
Grade Level: 3 – 7 4.5 stars This collection of 5th grade reading books is really a tribute to animal lovers, especiallyhorse lovers. Marguerite Henry, an American writer is famous for writingbooks for girlsand children, especially stories about horses, which showed her extraordinary love for ...
Auggie Pullman’s facial difference has meant he’s been in and out of surgery for his whole life. Now he’s going to a mainstream school for the first time, and we all know that fifth grade is one of the worst possible times to do so. ...
Ever since Rami Ahmed started sixth grade, he’s felt invisible. Having no friends to hang out with,… Audio Time Off Find Your Place October 3, 2024 TFK Kid Reporter Disha Rai read Uprooted, and interviewed Ruth Chan, its author. Read Disha’s thoughts below. Uprooted is a ...
The text is written in simple sentences at an AR reading level of 3.6 which roughly corresponds to the middle of 3rd grade. Here, you find a little more detail o share with older children. For example, you can tell them that the parade dragons used to be made of paper or bamboo, but...
Alessandra Sanguinetti – On the Sixth Day Hans Eijkelboom – Portraits & Cameras 1949-2009 Alec Soth – Sleeping by the Mississippi PhotoIreland Festival announces Martin Parr’s selection of the 30 most influential photobooks of the last decade. The selection, on show at the National Photographic...
and review boxes of ARCs—advanced reading copies—from publishers and independent authors and filter out the definite "no's" (zero) while raising to the top the "yes, yes, yesses! (10's)" The first task was to determine if a book is "appropriate" for sixth grade (we talked about ...
but provides the girls with a home, bedroom, meals, and clothing. That works well because Francine gives the girls “space” to work on themselves. Now that they are safe, Suki begins to suffer nightmares, is depressed and tries to cut her wrists. When Suki is hospitalized for a while,...
Tween girls will be able to relate to sixth-grader Lucy Wu, who thought her life would be perfect once her overbearing sister left for college. But then her parents tell her that she will have to share her room with a long-lost great aunt from China. And to top it off they want her...