In charge at home when Yankee soldiers arrive, older sister Cassie makes it appear that the younger children have smallpox.
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Writing Book Hooks for Short Stories. In advance of this particular activity, you will want to ask your colleagues to bring a selection of short stories for discussion. As you will be conducting this workshop with English Language Arts ...
... Berries. Cassie's Sweet Berry Pie by Karen Winnick is a story about a young girl in the South who uses huckleberries and a little imagination to keep Union soldiers from ransacking her home during the Civil War. Based on a factual ...
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Benji is upset but then decides that he will make the "Berriest" pie with the help of his dog Nimbus to share with his family and friends. Benji's Berry Berry Pie is a great story to teach children the importance of trying new things and ...
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Written in free-verse poetry, this Newbery award-winning novel tells the story of Billie Joe, ... Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones Many things we use every day had haphazard beginnings.
The summer a great drought sweeps across the county, the only crop Sadie's family is able to save is the sweet potatoes. Money is tight, and if Papa doesn't pay...
Using the approach based on a Harvard study that found when the whole body is involved, the number of brain cells brought to the learning activity doubles, the author offers...
A fun book of a little girl, Pamma and her favorite doll.
( Rev : SLJ 11/03 ) [ 921 ] 13009 Cooper , Floyd . Coming Home : From the Life of Langston Hughes ( 3–6 ) . Illus . 1994 , Penguin Putnam $ 16.99 ( 0-399-22682-6 ) . 32pp . A sensitive retelling of Langston Hughes's unhappy childhood ...