Monster of the Month Club

Monster of the Month Club
Author: Dian Curtis Regan
Publisher: Scholastic
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1996
Genre: Monsters
ISBN: 9780590869874

Thirteen-year-old Rilla's life becomes chaotic when someone anonymously enrolls her in the Monster of the Month Club and little living monsters start to arrive in the mail.

StoryCraft

StoryCraft
Author: Martha Seif Simpson
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2015-11-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0786492155

While storytelling is a great favorite of preschoolers, many elementary age children are more drawn to crafts and other activities. StoryCraft is an award-winning library program that combines storytelling with crafts in an exciting and engaging activity for children in first through third grades. Each one-hour program includes storytelling, a craft, movement, activities, music, and discussion. This collection of StoryCraft programs presents 50 fun and educational theme-based sessions. Each includes suggestions for promotion, music, crafts, activities, and stories. The sessions also include bibliographies to help direct young readers toward additional reading, as well as diagrams, detailed instructions, and supply lists for the crafts. The themes range from a Jungle Safari to Math Mayhem to a Western Roundup, all encouraging children to enjoy reading in a variety of ways. Each session has plenty of suggestions, so that the program can be customized. Helpful Hints for implementing the program can help any librarian, volunteer, or parent turn a ho-hum storytime into a dazzling StoryCraft time.

The Vampire Book of the Month Club

The Vampire Book of the Month Club
Author: Rusty Fischer
Publisher: Medallion Media Group
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2016-02-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1942546394

At the age of seventeen, Nora Falcon is already a best-selling author of vampire lit, with fans lining up around the block to read the next installment of her Better off Bled series. So it might seem like she’s something special. But at the Nightshade Preparatory Academy for Exemplary Boys and Girls in Beverly Hills, Nora is just another student. One day a handsome stranger shows up at one of Nora’s book signings. Reece Rothchild is not only tall, dark, and handsome—he’s downright irresistible, and he has recently transferred to Nightshade Academy. But Reece is not just eye candy: he’s an actual vampire who wants Nora to write a book specifically for vampires—and he’s very persistent. So persistent he kidnaps Nora’s friends to get her to comply. Nora is torn. If she does what Reece wants, thousands of vampires will converge on an unsuspecting town and use its inhabitants as a human snack bar. If she doesn’t, her friends will die. Now Nora must find a way to defeat Reece and save her friends—all while juggling a full course load!

Shattered

Shattered
Author: Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2003-11-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0440237653

As bullets ring and bombs are dropped, children watch—mostly from the sidelines, but occasionally in the direct line of fire. Unaware of the political issues or power struggles behind the battle, all they know are the human, emotional consequences of this thing called war. This collection examines all of war’s implications for young people—from those caught in the line of fire to the children of the veterans of wars long past. Critically acclaimed author Jennifer Armstrong brings together 12 powerful voices in young people's literature to explore the realities of war from a child's perspective. The settings vary widely—the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an attempted coup in Venezuela, the American Civil War, crisis in the Middle East—but the effects are largely the same. In war, no life is ever left untouched. In war, lives are shattered.

Popular Series Fiction for K–6 Readers

Popular Series Fiction for K–6 Readers
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Indexes popular fiction series for K-6 readers with groupings based on thematics, consistant setting, or consistant characters. Annotated entries are arranged alphabetically by series name and include author, publisher, date, grade level, genre, and a list of individual titles in the series. Volume is indexed by author, title, and subject/genre and includes appendixes suggesting books for boys, girls, and reluctant/ESL readers.

What a Song Can Do

What a Song Can Do
Author: Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307434109

This compelling collection of stories explores the powerful impact that music has in our lives—especially in the lives of teens. Each story strikes a new note: Ron Koertge introduces us to the boys in the band—the marching band; Joseph Bruchac contributes a Native American boy with no rhythm whatsoever; Jennifer Armstrong writes about what was perhaps the first battle of the bands—during the American Civl War; and David Levithan offers up a love song that speaks powerfully to an unintended audience. But while each story is different, they combine into a harmonic song of praise—for the depths music can reach in us, and the power it has to bind us together.

Fantastic Monsters of the Films Complete Collection

Fantastic Monsters of the Films Complete Collection
Author:
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2017-02-21
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1939977924

Horror guaranteed to shock you dead or your life refunded! The cult classic monster magazine is back. All of the horror, all of the madness, all of the monsters, all together in one complete collection for the first time ever! Delve back in to the nostalgia of the golden age of horror in a time before the internet if you wanted the latest scoop on your favorite monsters and how they were created you got Fantastic Monsters of the Films, featuring the Devil’s Work Shop and Monster of the Month. Over 450 pages of ghoulish delight the time has come to go back to the grave and resurrect the forgotten past of monster movie history.

The ABC's of Writing for Children

The ABC's of Writing for Children
Author:
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2003
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781884956287

One hundred and fourteen authors and illustrators of children's books share the process of researching, writing, and publishing books, discuss what their inspirations are, and recount the best and worst advice they ever received.

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Total Pages: 504
Release: 1926
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Life Long Learning - Transforming Learning; Discovering Learning Through Living Life in Unlimitless Possibilities

Life Long Learning - Transforming Learning; Discovering Learning Through Living Life in Unlimitless Possibilities
Author: Patti Diamond
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2005-03-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1411624920

Dr. Patti Diamondlady Diamond, DD combines her extensive background and research in homelearning into this new book, which will assist readers of all life experience backgrounds to develop make homelearning an accessible and inspiring way of being in life. Described by readers as an Indigo Spiritually Inspired Wake-Up Call book, Highlights from this much-anticipated book include: * What is Life Long Learning? * The Three Phases of Life Long Learning * Life Long Learning and the following: Chores, Rewards, Money (GEE), Socialization, Labels, and more * What to say to family members about your Life Long Learning way of being in life * How to release fears so as to allow your child to learn what, when, how, and where they wish to learn. Readers will be guided to see how learning can occur through games, the internet, the T.V. and much more