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The sorcerer's companion: a guide to the magical world of Harry Potter
By Allan Zola Kronzek, Elizabeth Kronzek. 2001
Guide to everything magical in the first four Harry Potter books. Presents the folklore, mythology, and history behind objects, spells,…
and creatures in Harry's world. Discusses arithmancy--one of Hermione's favorite subjects--the hippogriff, the invisibility cloak, runes, and the unicorn, among other items. For grades 4-7. 2001Under the royal palms: a childhood in Cuba
By Alma Flor Ada. 1998
In this companion to Where the Flame Trees Bloom (DB 42823) the author continues the story of her childhood in…
a small town in Cuba. She reminisces about her uncles, a pilot and a doctor, and about the death of her beloved ballet teacher. For grades 3-6. 1998Chaucer's England
By Diana Childress. 2000
Account of English society during the fourteenth century, when Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) wrote The Canterbury Tales (RC 31894). Describes everyday…
life, including school, family, science, religion, amusements, and clothing, as well as war and politics and the effects of the Black Death. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2000Lord of the flies: a novel (Literary Companion to American Literature Ser.Literary Companion Series)
By William Golding, Clarice Swisher. 1997
Ernest Hemingway: The Writer Who Suffered from Depression (Great Achievers Ser.Great Achievers)
By Melissa McDaniel. 1996
Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author who was also an avid sportsman. Includes excerpts from his writings. Describes his life…
in Europe between the wars and how his own actions contributed to his many accidents, physical injuries, and alcoholism. At sixty-two, anxious and depressed, he committed suicide--as had his father and brother before him. For grades 5-8 and older readersRogers, of the popular children's program Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, presents letters he has received from children and adults through the…
years. Rogers discusses world issues, feelings and fears, family relationships, and deathRomeo and Juliet (Everyman Shakespeare)
By William Shakespeare, John F. Andrews. 1993
A sixteenth-century romantic tragedy of two teenagers from rival families who fall in love. A sentence of exile and an…
impending arranged marriage force the two to flee. A friar suggests a ruse to accomplish their union, but miscommunication causes it to backfireGreat lives: American literature (Great Lives Ser.)
By Doris Faber, Harold Faber. 1995
Collection of biographical sketches of thirty American writers. Subjects, who include Nobel Prize recipients, are restricted to literary figures no…
longer alive and whose major works were completed before 1960. They include Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Langston Hughes, Tennessee Williams, and Pearl Buck. For grades 4-7 and older readersMark Twain (Importance of)
By Skip Press. 1994
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), the most popular author of his day. He was…
equally famous as a speaker, and easily recognized by his appearance. Even if he had never written anything besides The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (DB 53084) or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (DB 43591 and DB 57349), he would be remembered for his sense of humor, especially about life in America. For grades 4-7 and older readersWilla Cather (Classic American writers)
By Ann T Keene, Ann T. Keene. 1994
Born in Virginia in 1873, Willa Cather later moved to Nebraska with her homesteading parents. She planned to become a…
doctor and entered a university, where her talent in writing blossomed. Cather supported herself as a journalist and then a teacher, as she pursued her desire to write fiction. She published her first book in 1903 and won the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours (DB 27930) in 1923. For junior and senior high readersJohn Steinbeck (Importance of)
By Tom Ito. 1994
Portrait of a twentieth-century American author of several highly respected novels, including The Red Pony (DB 34258) and The Pearl…
(RC 9859). Steinbeck, honored with Pulitzer, O. Henry, and Nobel Prizes, focused much of his writing on the plight of the poor and downtrodden and their quest for human dignity in a land of promise. For grades 6-9 and older readersAmerican dragons: twenty-five Asian American voices
By Laurence Yep. 1993
An anthology of twenty-five stories, poems, and essays by Asian Americans that enlighten, probe, and examine the experiences and emotions…
of young people with roots in Japan, China, India, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Selections are set in the past, present, and future, and most raise questions about identity and about preserving or rejecting the values of ancestors. For junior and senior high readersL. Frank Baum: royal historian of Oz (Lerner Biographies Ser.)
By Angelica Shirley Carpenter, Angelica S. Carpenter, Jean Shirley. 1992
As a child, Baum was frightened by the witches and ogres in the stories he read and decided that he…
would someday write a different kind of fairy tale. Baum did just that with his successful The Wizard of Oz (DB 51047), which became a bestseller in 1900. With his Oz series, Baum created the modern American fairy tale. For grades 5-8 and older readersMiguel de Cervantes: Spanish Writer (Hispanics of Achievement Ser.Hispanics of Achievement)
By Jake Goldberg. 1993
Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1547 in Madrid. After careers as a soldier and as an agent of the…
crown--during both of which he served sentences in the horrible prisons of the seventeenth century--he devoted himself to writing. Don Quixote, his masterpiece, became world renowned--second in sales only to the Bible. The author discusses Cervantes's life and work. For grades 5-8 and older readersFabian: Developing Critical Thinking Through Fairy Tales
By Joan M. Wolf, Joan M Wolf. 1997
Love: ten poems
By Pablo Neruda. 1995
Sing a song of seasons: A Nature Poem For Each Day Of The Year
By Frann Preston-Gannon, Fiona Waters. 2018
Nature-inspired poems for every day of the year created by a variety of poets including Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston…
Hughes, Beatrix Potter, and more. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2018The crucible: and related readings (Literature connections)
By Arthur Miller, McDougal Littell Publishing Staff. 1997
Writing with Rosie: you can write a story too
By Patricia Reilly Giff. 2016
Newbery Honor-winning author provides entertaining tips and advice on how to write fiction. Her dog Rosie attempts to distract her,…
but ultimately provides creative inspiration. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2016Classic western stories: the most beloved stories
By Cooper Edens. 2009
Western adventures of explorers, cowboys, and Indians are commemorated in poems, songs, and stories. Includes folk legends of Pecos Bill…
and Paul Bunyan, and real-life exploits of Lewis and Clark and Daniel Boone. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2009