Introduction to Beadwork: Bracelets

Writing Tasks I

Writing Tasks I is th efirst in a series of two books. The book offers a total of 152 writing tasks, plus additional sections with information and exercises on combining sentences, titles, topic sentences and supporting sentences, connectives, and punctuation. The tasks are highly controlled with prompts, and they range from basic English with simple topics to essay writing and graph description. Text types include descriptive, biography, process, compare and contrast, etc. The book could function as a valuable resource for teachers who need ideas as well as students who need material to study writing.

A Girl from Yamhill

The author's name rather than the title of her partial autobiography will catch the eyes of her army of loyal readers who grew up with Cleary's great books for children. Then, there are always those special few readers who dream of becoming writers themselves, and Cleary has some information on how this was for her and more about the hunger for reading that often starts writers on their way. It's bootless to compare and contrast autobiographical books, since each memorists' experiences and those they select to share are unique.

Grade 6 Up

Emily's Runaway Imagination

Fifteen

It seems too good to be true. The most popular boy in school has asked Jane out -- and she's never even dated before. Stan is tall and good-looking, friendly and hard-working -- everything Jane ever dreamed of. But is she ready for this?

Suppose her parents won't let her go? What if she's nervous and makes a fool of herself? Maybe he'll think she's too young. If only she knew all the clever things to say. If only she were prettier. If only she were ready for this...
With her usual warmth, perceptiveness, and humor, Beverly Cleary creates the joys and worries of a young girl's first crush.