A day doesn’t go by when a child, parent, or teacher doesn’t ask for assistance in choosing books—good books. With a little bit of questioning, we can usually figure out what a person really wants. Many good sources, both in print and online, index children’s books.

This book, however, is formatted in the way children ask their questions, such as “Do you have any books about sports?”

These titles are only the beginning of the discovery of good books. We hope that one good book will lead young readers to another and then another. We hope this book will be a helpful resource for children, librarians, and teachers in finding the books that will entice, encourage, and sustain the love of reading.

(Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

Complete Answer Keys. Easy-Reading, Student-Directed Instructions. Lively Illustrations on Nearly Every Exercise. Interest-Grabbing Activities. Reinforcement and Review. Sample Activities Include: Writing to Describe or Persuade, Paraphrasing, Main Ideas and Details, Chronological Order, Parallel Construction, Editing and Revising, Recognizing Misplaced Modifiers, Writing a Business Letter, Writing Facts and Opinions and More!

The goal of Teaching Language and Literature in Elementary Classrooms: A Resource Book for Professional Development, Second Edition is to help the beginning teacher create a classroom environment that integrates literacy development with learning in all areas of the curriculum. Theoretically based, well organized, and practical, this text identifies the major components of an integrated language program and describes and illustrates skills teachers need to implement this kind of program in their own classrooms. It is uniquely designed as a handbook for beginning educators that serves both as a text and as a professional resource to be carried into the first year of teaching.

The narratives in this text, and the accompanying instruction for preparing to teach, are included for every elementary instructional level. A consistent chapter format is used to help readers move from a direct experience of a classroom narrative, to step-by-step descriptions they can follow to implement these activities in their own classrooms.

A rich array of interactive pedagogical features is provided.

This is a simple introduction to Old English for students with little or no linguistic knowledge. Unlike other textbooks on the subject, Beginning Old English focuses on the explanation and illustration of how the language works, using accessible illustrations from simplified Old English texts and demonstrating how many feature of present-day English have their roots in this stage of the language. It also includes long extracts from popular Old English works for use in the classroom.