Prepares for the future: As a child moves up in grades, the need to know how to understand different text types and utilize nonfiction works increases. Teaches them an array of topics about life, both past and current events: Learning new things about the planet, weather, the Native American...
One evening, after a dinner of whatever fast food chain was offering two sandwiches for three dollars, I retreated to my jail cell sized room for a time of forced self-reflection. I opened my Bible to the book of James, and read a verse that said religion is visiting orphans or widows....
“This is a book of people, of ideas, of accomplishments and events.” The first vibrantly illustrated spread is a great introduction. Readers learn in the art above that “A is for abundant, because we are many: our histories show we are diverse and plenty.” The letter E aptly explores...
This topic can range from sports to animals, from adventure to history to the weather, from wealth management to travel, and so on. Here are examples of different types of media which are considered to be informational: Travel books History books Manuals Newspapers Pamphlets Dictionary Book ...
Middle Ages the figure of the Yiddishbadchen, a type of jester or divine fool has evidenced a unique sensibility. It is one that runs from Marx through Larry David, though it also appears as early as the book of Genesis, when the matriarch Sarah laughs at God with a sort of gallows ...
I got assigned extra projects and made presentations to my class on severe weather. I gave the weather forecast on my elementary school’s television channel. I read every book on the subject I could. I remained entranced by The Weather Channel every morning before school, sometimes rising ...
Her first work of translation, ‘My Days with Ramkinkar Baij’ won her the Charles Wallace (India) Trust Fellowship for translation. Bhaswati’s writing has appeared in several literary journals. She is an editor with The Woman Inc. and is currently working on a nonfiction book on New Delhi...
BO: How did you strike a tonal balance between humor and somber in the book? JE: Necessity. I don’t think I could write about irredeemable loss without a lot of comic relief. Tragedy and comedy are all tangled up in my mind, always have been. So striking this tonal balance came very...
But don’t be put off by the lace and tulle: this book contains a wide variety of wedding dresses, some not dresses at all, and covers a lot of different types of weddings ranging from very traditional to not-even-close. Each essay is accompanied by one or more photos submitted by the...