Series of children's books

She stars in many of our favorite movies like The Hunger Games and many more. She started her career at a very young age which you'll find more about later. While growing up and in between acting, Lawrence served as an assistant nurse at the children's summer day camp that her mother ran. She's a very sporty person. Growing up, she played basketball, field hockey and softball as a kid. At school, she was voted the "Most Talkative" which makes sense after you watch some of her hilarious…

first of seven books in the Harry Potter series was released. The book quickly became a best-selling phenomenon and so did it’s successors as most young adult readers found themselves hooked and simply couldn’t get enough of Harry Potter. Although the series became highly popular, it also brought wide-spread controversy with some parents and teachers who were under the impression that the book promoted the occult, witchcraft, and evil. This perception led to attempts to ban the book series from…

Nasreen’s Secret School is a book that parents have been trying to get banned for being too violent, having a religious viewpoint and being unsuitable for the children that are reading it (third graders). Now this children’s book is about Nasreen a young girl who was living with her grandmother in Afghanistan during the Taliban rule. It is narrated by the grandmother who talks about the challenges little Nasreen faced and it shows the power of having access to education. It seems pretty harmless…

Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Potsdam, New York. Laurie grew up in Potsdam, New York with her sister Lisa, her father Frank A. Halse Jr., and her mother Joyce Holcomb Halse. When Laurie was younger she loved to read. Her favorite books were historical fiction. She might have been good at reading but she was bad at math. When she was in 2nd she loved writing. As she got older she started liking science fiction and fantasy. Also as she got older she was fascinated by…

independence. I Don’t Know Where to Start, from the STARTING POINTS series, for teachers of culturally diverse classrooms, highlights: ■ ■ ■ ■ Basic techniques for building respectful, accepting communities How to create a classroom that reflects all children's lives Why partnering with families is key to educating their children To value a child's first language and culture When a Child Doesn’t Play, from the HAND-IN-HAND series, demonstrates how to ■ ■ ■ Build trust with each child…

From a lamp post that was there from the beginning and the girl that finds it to a talking lion that all you want to do is love and a witch that had the power to free the world over C.S. Lewis has brought us one of the world's greatest book series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Although C.S. Lewis is recognized throughout the world as a great Christian thinker, philosopher, apologist and writer, his theology often fails to meet the standards of most Evangelicals and is often at odds with the broader…

2. Assumptions about children’s learning 2.1 Children can develop vocabulary through picture book reading The primary way to develop vocabulary is through reading. When I was young, I was taught to look up words, copy their definitions from the dictionary and then memorize them. Teachers have dictation assessment regularly to check our words spelling. I do not want to teach vocabulary in this passive way as passive learners lack motivation to learn. Passive learners perceive learning, especially…

challenges both authority and community as a way to conform. Thus, I will argue how Anne challenges authority to find acceptance by the community of Green Gables. Elaine Ostry is an assistant professor of English at Suny-Plattsburgh where she teaches children’s literature, young adult literature and nineteenth century literature. Ostry analyzes Harry Potter as a fairytale genre to establish the tensions between adults and children. Elaine Ostry illustrates the differences and tensions between…

British Tell Better Children’s Stories,” author Colleen Gillard explores the psychological and physical aspects as to why the British tell better children’s stories than Americans do. Gillard believes children’s stories can help shape the hope kids need to face their beliefs of adulthood. The British do have better children’s literature, based on the fact that children need fantasy stories to help them grow up. Gillard begins the article by pointing out the differences in children’s literature…

Half-Priced Books The children’s and young adult’s section at half priced books is not everything that one would expect it to be. Both sections were at the back of the store stuffed into a small corner area which made each section feel very small. There were also more parents in these sections than children, but my description of these areas may explain why this is so. Overall, I felt that these sections were more laid out for adults to buy books for their children than for children to come…