Literature

A NOVEL ABOUT THE NAVAJO MARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO

Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years.

But now Joseph Bruchac brings their stories to life for young adults through the riveting fictional tale of Ned Begay, a sixteen-year-old Navajo boy who becomes a code talker. His grueling journey is eye-opening and inspiring. This deeply affecting novel honors all of those young men, like Ned, who dared to serve, and it honors the culture and language of the Navajo Indians.

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Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards.

Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

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Corduroy 40th Anniversary Edition By DON FREEMAN

A picture book classic!

One of School Library Journal’s “Top 100 Picture Books” of all time (2012) One of the National Education Association’s ”Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children.

” Don Freeman’s classic character, Corduroy, is even more popular today then he was when he first came on the scene in 1968. This story of a small teddy bear waiting on a department store shelf for a child’s friendship has appealed to young readers generation after generation.

Paperback |  Published by Puffin Books  | 32 Pages | 8-7/8 x 7-1/8 | 2-5 years

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Part of the Childhood of Famous Americans fictionalized biography series. One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children 8 and up - today's youngster is swept right into history. Paperback. ages 8-12. 192 pages. Learn More

When George swallows a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, a trip to the hospital is in order. George doesn’t much enjoy the hospital—that is, until he’s feeling better. Then, his curiosity gets the best of him and he soon creates quite a mess! Grades K-3. Learn More

Daddy-Long-Legs By JEAN WEBSTER Introduction by Eva Ibbotson.

A trustee of the John Grier orphanage has offered to send Judy Abbott to college. The only requirements are that she must write to him every month and that she can never know who he is. Judy’s life at college is a whirlwind of friends, classes, parties and a growing friendship with the handsome Jervis Pendleton. With so much happening in her life, Judy can scarcely stop writing to ‘Daddy-Long-Legs’, or wondering who her mysterious benefactor is....

Paperback | Published by Puffin Books Jun 09, 2011 | 192 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Help your first grade students learn how to understand, respond to, and enjoy what they read!

Daily Reading Comprehension presents students with direct instruction and practice of the comprehension strategies and skills they need to become strong and successful readers.

150 original fiction and nonfiction passages with comprehension items help you engage students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of texts.

Reproducible pages, included in the teachers edition, provide visual tools for students to help them apply reading skills to the passages they read and because activities are presented in an exam format, students practice important test-taking skills while they strengthen comprehension.

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Daniel is hurt when others laugh at his wood carving, until he learns that giving people pleasure takes a very special gift. 64 pages. Ages 4-8. Learn More

Danny loves dinosaurs! When he sees one at the museum and says, "It would be nice to play with a dinosaur," a voice answers, "And I think it would be nice to play with you." So begins Danny and the Dinosaur's wonderful adventures together. For Danny and his prehistoric playmate, even the most everyday activities become extraordinary, like finding a big-enough place to hide a dinosaur in a game of hide-and-seek. Kids will delight in Syd Hoff's charming, comical illustrations as they read about how Danny teaches a very old dinosaur some new tricks. 64 pages. Ages 4-8 Learn More

Part of the Childhood of Famous Americans fictionalized biography series. One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children 8 and up - today's youngster is swept right into history. Paperback. ages 8-12. 192 pages. Learn More

What can be more wonderful than spending time with a friend? Frog and Toad do almost everything together. When Toad worries about cleaning his house, Frog is there to support him. When Frog wants to fly a kite, Toad is there to help him. The two sit and shiver at Frog's scary ghost story, which may or may not be true, and when the hat Frog gives Toad for his birthday is too big, Frog thinks of a way to make it fit. Then one day, Frog wants to spend time alone, and Toad is afraid that he has lost his friend forever. But Frog's explanation, as Toad soon sees, is "a very good reason for wanting to be alone," and the two finish out the day alone — together. These beloved best friends are the stars of three other adventures by Caldecott Medalist Arnold Lobel, including the Caldecott Honor Book Frog and Toad Are Friends and the Newbery Honor Book Frog and Toad Together. Filled with warmth and humor, and illustrated in appealing tones of green and brown, these best-selling stories are a magical invitation to children to start reading on their own. Grades K-2 Learn More

Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever. From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains. Learn More

Five planes vanish into the blue ocean. Two crews disappear from a ship. Strange things can happen when you enter the Bermuda Triangle.

Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.

With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn! Lev 3 Reader

Ages 7-8

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Free at Last! is a biography of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who encouraged nonviolent protest to fulfill his dream of an America where people would be judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin.

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Examines the life of the Indian princess Pocahontas and her contact with English settlers, especially John Smith

Age Range: 6 - 8 years

Grade Level: 1 - 3

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Perfect for children ages 7–8, this workbook builds confidence in the growing understanding of language arts of second graders.

Objectives include familiarity with storytelling, collective nouns, informational text, punctuation, prefixes and suffixes, and pronouns. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support curriculum learning, DK Workbooks: Language Arts is an innovative series of home-learning language arts workbooks that is closely linked to school curriculum and helps make learning easy and fun.

Paperback | Published by DK Children Feb 17, 2014 | 60 Pages | 8-1/2 x 11 | 6-8 years

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Mr. Utterson hears about a violent man named Hyde. He is disturbed that a friend, Dr. Jekyll, has made a will leaving his property to the same Mr. Hyde. Utterson decides to investigate Hyde. Then Jekyll isolates himself in his laboratory. Another friend of Utterson's, Dr. Hastie Lanyon, suddenly dies with which Jekyll seems to be connected. One night, Jekyll's butler asks Utterson for help to deal with a stranger who has killed Jekyll. They discover that the stranger is Hyde, who is dead and Jekyll is missing. Afterwards, Utterson reads a letter from Lanyon explaining what happened. It tells about an impure potion that caused Jekyll to change. Learn More

Dracula By BRAM STOKER Introduction by Holly Black.

Jonathan Harker is travelling to Castle Dracula to see the Transylvanian noble, Count Dracula. He is begged by locals not to go there, because on the eve of St George’s Day, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will come full sway. But business must be done, so Jonathan makes his way to the Castle – and then his nightmare begins. His beloved wife Meena and other lost souls have fallen under the Count’s horrifying spell. Dracula must be destroyed . . . With an exciting introduction by Holly Black, bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Paperback |  Published by Puffin Books Jun 11, 2009 | 640 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Moon Shadow is eight when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco's Chinatown and works in a laundry. Moon Shadow has never seen him. Moon Shadow soon loves and respects this father, a man of genius, a man with a fabulous dream. With Moon Shadow's help, Windrider is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, and the longing for his own country to make his dream come true. Learn More

Introduce students to this Newbery Honor book and encourage them to analyze the text by completing the activities and lessons provided in Dragonwings: An Instructional Guide for Literature. This resource features rigorous, cross-curricular lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to comprehend and analyze complex literature. This guide is packed with tools to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature with this essential resource! Grades 4-8 From Teacher Created Materials Learn More

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Lizzy Rockwell's charming fairy tale characters, locations, and iconic objects can be arranged and rearranged to create logical and/or hilarious tales. Kids will build critical thinking skills when they devise a way to incorporate a fire-breathing dragon and a flask of magic potion into their tale of a clever boot-wearing cat.

Features:

For ages 3 and up

36 cards Instructions included

Cards are 3.75" x 4.75"

Winner of the Oppenheim Gold Award

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Melissa Sweet has painted scenes and characters full of intrigue and suspense.Storytellers will find plenty of images to develop a mystery and solve it, too. Will they connect the squirrel eavesdropping on chipmunks with the squirrel hiding golden coins under his acorns?Which happened first?

Recurring characters, locations and props encourage linking the cards in endless combinations for fresh, new stories every time it's played.

Features:

For ages 3 and up

36 cards Instructions included

Cards are 3.75" x 4.75"

Winner of the Oppenheim Gold Award

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Recurring characters, locations, and props encourage linking the cards in endless combinations for fresh, new stories every time it's played. Illustrated by Alex Barrow. Can be played individually or in a group, make up your own way to play!

Features:

For ages 3 and up

36 cards - instructions included

Cards are 3.75" x 4.75"

Winner of the Oppenheim Gold Award

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