Each book in this series is a guide for using a well-known piece of literature in the classroom. Included are sample plans, author information, vocabulary-build

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Students are taken out of their comfort zone to experience a year in the country. Additional writing tasks offer great options for extra work. List things that

The winner of the 2001 Newbery Medal continues the story begun in the Newbery Honor Book "A Long Way from Chicago." Now 15-years old, Mary Alice is going to spe

If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of year for it," begins Richard Peck's latest novel, a book full of his signature wit and sass. Russell Culv