![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2007. ![]() The Boy of a Thousand Faces, Laura Geringer Books (New York, NY), 2000. The Robot King, Laura Geringer Books (New York, NY), 1995. The Houdini Box, Knopf (New York, NY), 1991, reprinted, 2001. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book, 2005, for Words for America by Barbara Kerley. Texas Bluebonnet Award, and Rhode Island Children's Book Award, both 1993, both for The Houdini Box Christopher Award (with Andrew Clements), 1996, for Frindle American Library Association Notable Children's Book designation, and Book Sense Honor Book citation, both 1999, both for Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride Orbis Pictus Honor Book designation, and Caldecot Honor, both 2002, both for The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley Orbis Pictus Award, 2003, for When Marion Sang by Pam Muñoz Ryan Robert F. CareerĮeyore's Books for Children, New York, NY, bookseller and painter of window displays, 1988–91 writer and illustrator of children's books, 1991–. Agent-c/o Author Mail, Scholastic Press, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Hobbies and other interests: Movies, puppetry, travel. Education:Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A., 1988. Born July 14, 1966, in NJ son of Roger (an accountant) and Lynn (a homemaker) Selznick. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Miles Morales: Miles Morales swings back into the spotlight! Balancing a normal life, school, friends, family and super-heroing has never been easy for Miles, but when the rampaging Rhino and a cadre of mysterious criminals start plaguing Brooklyn, things take a dark turn for the young Spider-Man This run is ongoing and the first arc is very new-reader friendly. New to reading the comics? Unsure where to start?Ĭomplete Earth-1610 Spider-Man ChronologyĪmazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer: As the title says, it is back to the basics of what makes Spider-Man great and is the best the book has been in yeaaaars. This includes the self-promotion guidelines. ![]() Please include artist name in title of post. Please allow your first post to fall off the front page before posting again.Īrt: Credit the artist or mark as. If linking a comic it must be from a legit service (MU or Comixology).ĭo Not Spam. Sharing or asking for any pirated content will result in ban. 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Morrison has written extensively for the American comic book publisher DC Comics, penning lengthy runs on Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, Action Comics, and The Green Lantern as well as the graphic novels Arkham Asylum, JLA: Earth 2, and Wonder Woman: Earth One, the meta-series Seven Soldiers and The Multiversity, the mini-series DC One Million and Final Crisis, both of which served as centrepieces for the eponymous company-wide crossover storylines, and the maxi-series All-Star Superman. ![]() Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, humanist philosophy and countercultural leanings. 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But everything changes in his small college town when a bright and shiny Blockbuster Video opens nearby: Clearly, this means war. You've got your Netflix and your Redbox and your DVR, so why deal with VHS tapes or scratched DVDs? Why deal with the grumpy guy at the worn-down independent video store? Well that grumpy guy is Waring Wax, and he's usually too drunk to worry about his declining business at Star Video, let alone his quickly evolving extinction in popular culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() Making predictions, connotations and denotations. Students monitor their reading, work with synonyms and connotations, and make predictions. Adobe Reader required for these resources.īackground information, character list, vocabulary words. Dragon's Bloodĭragon's Blood Reading Skills and Strategies. ![]() Designed for grade 7, includes handouts and assessment. This four-day lesson plan, days 2-5 in a unit, is centered around the question of why and how the shifting setting in the novel The Devil's Arithmetic affects both the characters and the plot. Setting and Plot in The Devil's Arithmetic In this interview Yolen begins by discussing time travel in science fiction, then moves to its relationship to The Devil's Arithmetic and life. Reading strategies for approaching the novel such as an anticipation guide and guided imagery, and activities such as analyzing passages or creating a timeline. Reading strategies including an anticipation guide and a writing task using a different point of view. Yolen discusses controversy related to Briar Rose and other works. ![]() Bird Watch: a Book of PoetryĪ Book Review and a Discussion with Jane Yolen, Author ![]() This document is very large let it load completely before you work with it. It includes pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading questions, a counting activity, and a take-home activity. A series of 8 short video interviews with Jane Yolenīiography, bibliography, video clips, and transcript. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches " You will love Nona, and Nona loves you." -Alix E. And each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. ![]() Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. "Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original." - The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth Her city is under siege. "You will love Nona, and Nona loves you." -Alix E. Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her books are sprinkled with a touch of mystery, a healthy dose of angst, a pinch of violence, and lots of intense passion. Her heroes are anti-heroes and villains because she was always the weirdo who fell in love with the guys no one roots for. However, she likes to think she’s a romantic at heart in some way, so don’t kill her hopes just yet. Rina Kent is an international bestselling author of everything enemies to lovers romance.ĭarkness is her playground, suspense is her best friend, and twists are her brain’s food. To celebrate the cover reveal of Vicious Prince, Rina Kent is giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. I say I hate her too as I trap her, own her. 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