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Selected for their high interest, appealing formats, appropriate reading levels, outstanding writing, and popularity, these contemporary, spellbinding titles (20 for grades 5-8 and 20 for grades 9-12) reflect a variety of genres and themes that will encourage lifelong literacy.

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Because children's literature explores serious issues using situations and language young students can readily understand, the authors of Sensitive Issues have selected current fiction and nonfiction elementary-level titles that can also be developed into units of study.

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Offers a comprehensive overview of Shakespeare for children and young people from the National Theatre, Globe Education and Shakespeare 4 Kidz to film and manga adaptations. This title covers stage and screen productions, shortened versions, prose narratives and picture books, animations and original novels, plays and films rewriting Shakespeare.

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Altmann and de Vos are back with more great ideas for exploring contemporary reworkings of classic folk and fairy tales that appeal to teen readers. Following the same format, each story includes tale type numbers, motifs, and lists of reworkings arranged by genre, and suggestions for classroom extensions.

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By means of 30 children's picture bookswith stories set in times ranging from the early settlement of American until todaythis book explores the characteristics of American heroes and the ways in which they have influenced our history, our way of life, and the principles upon which our culture has developed.

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Summaries of all Cleary's novels (including the popular Henry and Ramona books) are accompanied by a description of the author's real-life experiences as reflected in her books and a variety of extension activities (e.g., writing, word games, map activities, dramatic plays, puzzles).

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A collaborative effort by 200 authorities who contribute some 650 original, signed entries. This book includes 75 topical articles. These often include up-and-coming figures that are not covered in their own entry. It features an appendix listing major-award winners as well as an index of names cross-referenced to entries where applicable.

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This volume examines literature for young people concerning the Indian subcontinent and associated areas: Bangladesh; the Himalayan kingdoms of Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim and Tibet; India; Pakistan; and Sri Lanka. It presents the perspective of native and non-native, mainly Western, authors.

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This bibliography provides a comprehensive record of the juvenile novels of World War II.

Included are annotated entries for more than 400 novels.

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This book provides a single-source guide to selected reading and extension activities for grade levels K-6. Each activity sheet includes a summary of a book, discussion questions, and a list of engaging learning projects for adults and children. The activities are designed to increase discussion, build reading skills, and develop comprehension.

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A source for background and booktalk material on award-winning and honorable mention children's and young adult literature. This work contains detailed plot summaries, lists of characters and themes, background information on the authors, incidents for booktalking, related reads, and fresh ideas for how to introduce these books to young readers.

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A guide to children's and adolescent fiction, traditional literature, and biography dealing with the nationalities of the Soviet Union, this work annotates 536 books written in or translated into English and published from 1900 to 1990 portraying the lives of Soviet peoples around the world.

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Focusing primarily on fiction, this guide provides an overview of the young adult literature. It includes 32 chapters on particular themes of significance to young adults, including Abuse, Sexual Violence, and Healing; Families, Traditional and Redefined; Imagined Futures; Supernatural and Alien Beings: Confronting the Other; and War's Impact.

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How do you select the best recent works of fiction, oral tradition, and poetry about African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American Indian experiences and traditions from the profusion of titles being published today

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