The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843-1846


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Excerpts from the girlhood diary of Louisa May Alcott, describing her family life, lessons, and experiences on a communal farm in the 1840s. Includes activities and a timeline related to this era.







The Girlhood Diary of Wanda Gag, 1908-1909


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The diary of Wanda Gag records her childhood experiences in school, hardships at home, and dreams of becoming a great artist. Includes activities, and a timeline related to this era.







The Big Book of Children's Reading Lists


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Use these 100 handy reproducible book lists to instantly create hand-outs for teachers and parents (as well as for older readers), to add to your newsletter, or to post on your Web site or bulletin board. Based on the most common needs of educators and librarians who work with young readers, these lists focus on new titles, as well as classics that are still in print and readily available for purchase. Fiction and nonfiction titles for ages 5-14 are covered. Bibliographic information and a brief description are given for each title. A dozen bookmarks are also included. This is a great time-saving tool and a good source for finding extended reading lists and read-alikes! Looking for folktales from China for elementary children? An informational children's book for a middle school science class? A list of books on the topic of compassion? A sampling of ABC books? These lists and more can be found in Nancy Keane's treasury of great reading lists for children. This versatile guide provides reproducible book lists based on the most common needs of educators and librarians who work with young readers. There are lists for standard curriculum areas (e.g., math, social studies, science), other areas of study such as character education and values, genres (e.g., pop-up, memoirs, ABC books), themes (e.g., animals, food, sports), and read-alikes (on bookmarks). You'll find 100 reproducible lists of fiction and nonfiction books for ages 5-14 (elementary/middle) that you can use to create hand-outs for teachers and parents (as well as for older readers), put in your newsletter, or post on your Web site or bulletin board. Focus is on new titles and classics that are still in print and readily available for purchase. On each list, titles are grouped according to grade level. Room to customize with your library logo or clipart is provided on each reproducible sheet. Bibliographic information and a brief description are given for each title. A dozen bookmarks are also included. This is a great time-saving tool and a good source for finding extended reading lists and read-alikes! Grades K-8.




The Boyhood Diary of Charles Lindbergh, 1913-1916


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Excerpts from the diary of Charles Lindbergh record passenger train travel, camping trips, and an auto trip around rural Minnesota.










American Writers


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This new book presents a bibliography with vignettes for a panoply of American writers. In the end, a writer pens their thoughts and what they leave for future generations constitutes their legacy. The American writers presented here cover the widest spectrum of human thought and experience. They share the desire to say something to others; we ignore their voices at our own peril. America is a young country and perhaps always will be if she continues to be renewed by new immigrants and cultures and the freedom of speech and thought. Dickinson; Margaret Mead; Helen Keller; Abigail Adams; Margaret Fuller; Sarah Hale; Emma Willard; Ralph Waldo Emerson; James Fenimore Cooper; Jonathan Edwards; Benjamin Franklin; Wallace Stevens; Edgar Allan Poe; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Thomas Jefferson; Abraham Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau.




Louisa May Alcott


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Excerpts from the author's diaries, written between the ages of eleven and thirteen, reveal her thoughts and feelings and her early poetic efforts.