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For the Love of Books & Stories (eBook)

Author : Tracey Ann Coveart

Publisher : Lorenz Educational Press

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 39,47 MB

Release : 2006-03-01

Category :

ISBN : 0787786489

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Welcome to a book-lover's best friend! This collection of engaging and content-focused activities will help you nurture literacy in your classroom--or the entire school. Filled to the brim with suggestions for engaging students with books in a meaningful and academic way, you will be able to use these activities with small or large groups. They allow students to bring their own reading experience-regardless of level of proficiency-to the table to use as the basis for learning about reading and writing. And this resource will help mentor every student's most effective literacy model--you! You'll be given full background information for all activities so that you can set the tone for a confident and considered approach to the love of books!



Edinburgh Companion to the Short Story in English

Author : Paul Delaney

Publisher : Edinburgh University Press

Page : 401 pages

File Size : 37,37 MB

Release : 2018-11-27

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1474400663

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This collection explores the history and development of the anglophone short story since the beginning of the nineteenth century.



Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story

Author : Terri-Lynne DeFino

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 362 pages

File Size : 20,90 MB

Release : 2023-02-14

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0063228459

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“Varina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story is fun and funny, wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise. These endearing characters—their voices and stories— will be with me for a long time to come. I didn’t want to say good-bye.” –Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Hieroglyphics An utterly delightful and surprising family drama—think Moonstruck and My Big Fat Greek Wedding set in New Jersey—about a boisterous, complicated Italian family determined to help their widowed mother find a new boyfriend. Lively widow Varina Palladino has lived in the same house in Wyldale, New Jersey, her entire life. The town might be slightly stuck in the 1960s, when small businesses thrived and most residents were Italian, but its population is getting younger and the Palladinos are embracing the change. What Varina’s not embracing, much to her ninety-two-year-old mother’s dismay, is dating. Running Palladino’s Italian Specialties grocery, caring for her mother, and keeping her large, loud Jersey Italian family from killing one another takes up all of Varina’s energy anyway. Sylvia Spini worries about her daughter Varina being left all alone when she dies. Sylvia knows what it is to be old and alone, so when her granddaughter, Donatella, comes to her with an ill-conceived plan to find Varina a man, Sylvia dives in. The three men of the family—Dante, Tommy, and Paulie—are each secretly plotting their own big life changes, which will throw everyone for a loop. Three generations of Palladinos butt heads and break one another’s hearts as they wrestle with their own Jersey Italian love stories in this hilarious and life-affirming ode to love and family.



Crossover Readers' Advisory

Author : Jessica E. Moyer

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 31,11 MB

Release : 2016-10-31

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 144083847X

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Help maximize your existing collection with this browsable volume containing titles that serve double-duty with their appeal to both teens and adults and cover genres spanning crime novels, romance, horror, science fiction, and more. An indispensable reference for libraries, this book takes the guesswork out of crossover readers' advisory by allowing you to easily guide teens who enjoy reading adult books and adults who enjoy reading teen stories. Chapters written by genre experts will help you better understand each genre's appeal to teens and adults as well as list dozens of titles that lend themselves to both groups of readers. The approach will help you maximize your collection while better serving your patrons. The work is divided into two parts: the first part covers adult books for teens, while the second section delves into teen books for adults. Chapters include a definition of the genre, appealing features unique to the category, the factors that make the works suitable for crossover, a listing of relevant titles and annotations, and trends on the horizon. Genres covered include urban fantasy, mainstream, historical fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction.



Love in New York: Book 3 (Mister Fixit)

Author : Elle Casey

Publisher : Elle Casey

Page : 243 pages

File Size : 48,29 MB

Release : 2015-04-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1939455545

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NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers book 3, the final installment in the contemporary romance series LOVE IN NEW YORK. Jana is left devastated after her brother starts his recovery and her niece is taken out of her care. At loose ends, she decides to purchase a fixer-upper in one of her favorite areas of Brooklyn, thinking the work will get her mind off her loss and the intense feelings of anger and disappointment she has toward the family attorney, Robinson. But she gets in over her head and needs someone who can not only fix her roof but someone who can fix her broken heart. LOVE IN NEW YORK SERIES READING ORDER Love in New York: Book 1 (Lost and Found) Love in New York: Book 2 (Cabin Fever) Love in New York: Book 3 (Mister Fixit) HERE’S WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT LOVE IN NEW YORK, BOOK 3: “Loved this book, the author is so talented at writing great characters and creates the funniest behaviour in serious situations. I just love this series and family…” ~ Lisa Berardi, Amazon Reviewer “Jana and Robs’ love story was told in such a way that made you feel like you were right there with them going through all of the struggles and heartbreak and finally love. A must read!!!!” ~ Karen Monasterio, Goodreads Reviewer “Another great book by Elle Casey! I’m truly never disappointed with Elle Casey's books! This entire series has kept me guessing and not being able to put it down because I want to know what's next!” ~ Lisa M, Amazon Reviewer “Loved this story! The three-book series was amazing! There was humor as well as tender moments in each book. Elle Casey is very talented and a great storyteller!” ~ Becky T., Amazon Reviewer About this series: I’d never been to New York City before, but I knew I would love it and wanted to write a story that was set in the most exciting city in the world. So I hopped on a plane with my friend Susan and spent 5 whirlwind days there, soaking up the culture, seeing the sights, and nailing down the scenes that would eventually end up in this series. Those of you familiar with New York City know what I’m talking about when I say you just can’t beat Russ and Daughters’ bagels, Central Park, Times Square, Brooklyn, and Yonnah Schimmels’ knishes.



By Love Possessed

Author : Lorna Goodison

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 201 pages

File Size : 41,1 MB

Release : 2012-05-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0062127365

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With this highly praised collection of short fiction, Lorna Goodison demonstrates why she may be one of literature's best-kept secrets. In the Pushcart Prize-winning title story, humble Dottie thinks her luck has turned when she meets Frenchie, the best-looking, if not most reliable, man in the whole of Jamaica. In "The Helpweight," an accomplished woman must bear the burden of an old flame's renewed affections when he returns from a life abroad with his Irish bride in tow. And in "Henry," a young boy turned out of his house to make way for his mother's lover sells roses on the street to survive. On a whim, he bites off a bloom, which he can feel burning inside his mouth like a red pepper light, hoping it will take root and beautify his own life. Poetically rendered, these and over a dozen other evocative stories create a world in which pride can nourish a soul or be its ruin and where people are in turn uplifted and undone by love.



A Twisted Love Story

Author : Samantha Downing

Publisher : Penguin Group

Page : 417 pages

File Size : 40,22 MB

Release : 2024-07-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0593101014

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From the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife comes a reckless, delicious thriller that gives a whole new meaning to the dangers of modern dating. Wes and Ivy are madly in love. They've never felt anything like it. It's the type of romance people write stories about. But what kind of story? When it's good, it's great. Flowers. Grand gestures. Deep meaningful conversations where the whole world disappears. When it's bad, it's really bad. Vengeful fights. Damaged property. Arrest warrants. But their vicious cycle of catastrophic breakups and head-over-heels reconciliations needs to end fast. Because suddenly, Wes and Ivy have a common enemy--and she's a detective. There's something Wes and Ivy never talk about--in good times or bad. The night of their worst breakup, when one of them took things too far, and someone ended up dead. If they can stick together, they can survive anything--even the tightening net of a police investigation. Because one more breakup might just be their last…



The Secret Life of Squirrels: A Love Story

Author : Nancy Rose

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 41 pages

File Size : 44,90 MB

Release : 2016-12-13

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0316272647

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Love is in the air with another irresistible photographic story of wild squirrels in homemade miniature settings, delighting readers and animal lovers of all ages. A companion to The Secret Life of Squirrels and Merry Christmas, Squirrels! sure to surprise and enchant readers young and old! Mr. Peanuts spends his days climbing trees and gathering nuts--but he wishes he had another squirrel to share his time with. When he meets a special squirrel friend, he soon finds himself falling in love! They visit the bookstore, go to the park, and have a romantic candlelit dinner. Will Mr. Peanuts get his happily ever after?



A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

Author : Shaun David Hutchinson

Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Page : 464 pages

File Size : 18,13 MB

Release : 2021-01-19

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1534448535

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Black Mirror meets What If It’s Us in this gripping, romantic, and wildly surprising novel about two boys lost in space trying to find their way home—while falling in love—from the critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants. When Noa closes his eyes on Earth and wakes up on a spaceship called Qriosity just as it’s about to explode, he’s pretty sure things can’t get much weirder. Boy is he wrong. Trapped aboard Qriosity are also DJ and Jenny, neither of whom remember how they got onboard the ship. Together, the three face all the dangers of space, along with murder, aliens, a school dance, and one really, really bad day. But none of this can prepare Noa for the biggest challenge—falling in love. And as Noa’s feelings for DJ deepen, he has to contend not just with the challenges of the present, but also with his memories of the past. However, nothing is what it seems on Qriosity, and the truth will upend all of their lives forever. Love is complicated enough without also trying to stay alive.



eBooks for Elementary School

Author : Terence W. Cavanaugh

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 221 pages

File Size : 21,66 MB

Release : 2014-12-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1610698509

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eBooks offer students as well as teachers, school and public librarians, and parents tremendous possibilities. This book explains how to expand and enhance the reading experience through the use of technology. Today, eBooks are everywhere, and the use of digital learning materials is beginning to supplant traditional printed materials. As the world shifts to digital books, both teachers and students need to be comfortable and effective using materials in this format. This book helps you to apply eBook materials to existing curricula to create interactive educational activities and have access to more materials to support reading instruction, literacy, standards, and reading in the content areas. Author Terence W. Cavanaugh, an expert on teaching with technology, describes numerous strategies for integrating eBooks into reading instruction and remediation for students in preschool through grade 6. He covers the hardware and software used, the wide range of formats available, and research conducted on the use of eBooks with students as well as how to access free resources such as digital libraries and special collections that make eBooks available for schools. The book also contains a chapter dedicated to using eBooks to help emergent or struggling readers.