Literature
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Emma
SKU: 1336
$5.95Beautiful, smart, rich-and single-Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegée, Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. Learn More -
Ender's Game
SKU: 10104
$7.99In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves him more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut. Ender's skills make him a leader in school, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. His psychological battles include loneliness, and fear that he is becoming like his cruel brother. Is Ender the general Earth needs? Learn More -
ESPERANZA RISING
SKU: 1684
$7.99Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances-because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it. Learn More -
Fables, by Arnold Lobel
SKU: 3867
$7.99ALA Notable Children’s Book
Library of Congress Children’s Books
New York Times Outstanding Book
Horn Book Fanfare
Winner of the Caldecott Medal
A pig flying through marshmallow clouds? A camel pirouetting through the desert? Where else could a reader find such marvelous things but in a fable? From the author-illustrator behind beloved Frog and Toad, Arnold Lobel, comes a collection of humorous, silly fables that will delight readers young and old.
“The most remarkable of the author-illustrator’s 60-plus bestselling award winners.” —Publishers Weekly
“There is enough cheerful nonsense in Mr. Lobel’s fables to endear any child listener.” —The New York Times
“Lobel has come up with a magical addition to an ancient genre of storytelling.” —Newsweek
Pages: 48
Ages: 4 to 8
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Fahrenheit 451
SKU: 12783
$17.00Sixty years after its originally publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future.
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. 256 pages.
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Fahrenheit 451 Comprehension Guide
SKU: 6408
$19.00``A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it.`` In addition to probing comprehension questions about this flammable book, this guide offers projects including book binding, poetry analysis, writing projects(like ``The Book vs. the Movie``), and a paper model of the creepy Mechanical Hound. Soft 47p Learn More -
Fahrenheit 451: An Instructional Guide for Literature
SKU: 1748
$11.99Motivate students to dive into this dystopian novel and make connections to the past, the present, and the future. Fahrenheit 451: An Instructional Guide for Literature is the perfect resource to aid students in analyzing and comprehending the classic novel written by Ray Bradbury. The cross-curricular lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more. The appealing, challenging activities were written to support the story, and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature with this language arts resource. Grades 9-12 From Teacher Created Materials See also #12783 Learn More -
Fairy Tales for Bedtime
SKU: 12818
$14.99Perfect for sharing at bedtime, this beautifully illustrated collection of classic fairy tales will fill little one’s dreams with fairy godmothers, talking cats, helpful elves and happy ever afters... Featuring a whole host of popular fairy tales including Cinderella, Puss in Boots and Aladdin, all specially written for reading aloud together. In luxurious binding with a ribbon marker, this book is a pleasure to hold, read and keep - a wonderful gift to be treasured.
Series: Read-Aloud Story Books These delightful books make great stories and gifts for young and old readers alike!
Age 3 years and up Publisher: Usborne
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Farewell to Manzanar
SKU: 5740
$10.99During World War II a community called Manzanar was created in the high mountain desert country of California. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese Americans. Among them was the Wakatsuki family, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, who was seven years old when she arrived at Manzanar in 1942, recalls life in the camp through the eyes of the child she was. Learn More -
Farmer Boy (Full-Color Collector's Edition)
SKU: 1585
$9.99For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams’ interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as beautifully redesigned covers. While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the fair comes to town. This is Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of how her husband Almanzo grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived. 384 pages. Ages 8-12. Learn More -
Farmer Boy Student Guide- Memoria Press
SKU: 4346
$13.50Farmer Boy Literature Guide by Memoria Press. Literature study guides train students to become active readers. These guides focus on vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, and composition skills. Words to pronounce and spell prepare students for each chapter, and words to define build vocabulary. Comprehension questions teach students to think about what they have read and to learn to identify the important content of each story. Comprehension questions also teach students the advanced skill of composing a clear, concise answer to a question, a difficult skill at any age. Writing is thinking, and good questioning stimulates the child to think and to write. 3rd grade. Teacher's Guide available (item# 4593)
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Farmer Boy Teacher Guide- Memoria Press
SKU: 4593
$13.50Farmer Boy Literature Guide Teacher's Edition by Memoria Press. This teacher's guide accompanies Memoria Press' Farmer Boy Literature Guide Student Book, sold separately (Item #4346). The student book is reproduced with the correct answers inserted; discussion question answers are listed separately. Quizzes cover multiple chapters and test vocabulary, comprehension multiple choice, and short answer questions. A final exam is also included. The answers for the vocabulary tests & exam are overlaid on reproduced forms. 125 pages, softcover. Grade 3. Learn More
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Faust Part One
SKU: 2807
$9.95The legend of Faust grew up in the sixteenth century, a time of transition between medieval and modern culture in Germany. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering conjuror who accepts Mephistopheles's offer of a pact, selling his soul for the devil's greater knowledge; over a period of 60 years he produced one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature. David Luke's recent translation, specially commissioned for The World's Classics series, has all the virtues of previous classic translations of Faust, and none of their shortcomings. Cast in rhymed verse, following the original, it preserves the essence of Goethe's meaning without sacrifice to archaism or over-modern idiom. It is as near an `equivalent' rendering of the German as has been achieved. Oxford World Classics Learn More -
Faust Part Two
SKU: 2808
$11.95This is a new translation of Faust, Part Two by David Luke, whose translation of Faust, Part I was the winner of the European Poetry Translation Prize. Here, Luke expertly imitates the varied verse-forms of the original, and provides a highly readable and actable translation which includes an introduction, full notes, and an index of classical mythology. Learn More -
Favorite Poems of Childhood
SKU: 4146
$4.00Superb treasury of time-honored poetic gems includes Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter," Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat," Eugene Field's "Wynken, Blynken and Nod," Emily Dickinson's "I’m Nobody! Who are you?," Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Swing," many more. Printed in large, easy-to-read type.
Dover Original
Grade level 3 - 8 (ages 8 - 14)
Page Count 96
Dimensions 5 3/16 x 8 1/4
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Five Children and It
SKU: 8702
$7.99Five Children and It By E. NESBIT.
When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother go digging in the gravel pit, the last thing they expect to find is a Psammead – an ancient Sand-fairy! Having a Sand-fairy for a pet means having one wish granted each day. But the children don’t realize all the trouble wishes can cause . . . A timeless classic with an introduction by Quentin Blake, award-winning illustrator and first-ever Children’s Laureate (1999–2001).
Paperback | Published by Puffin Books Sep 11, 2008 | 272 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up)
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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
SKU: 12757
$7.95Times are tough around the little brown house! The widowed Mrs. Pepper has to sew all day long just to earn enough to pay the rent and to feed the five growing Peppers. But she faces poverty and trouble with a stout heart, a smiling face, and the help of her jolly brood: blue-eyed Ben, the eldest and the man of the house at the age of 11; pretty Polly, so eager to cook for the family and make everyone happy and comfortable; and the three littlest Peppers, Joel, Davie, and baby Phronsie.
A favorite of children, parents, and teachers for generations, this heartwarming classic first appeared in 1880. Since then, it has inspired countless young imaginations with its tender tales of the ways in which courage and good cheer can overcome adversity.
Reprint of the D. Lothrop and Company, Boston, 1880 edition
Grade level 3 - 5 (ages 8 - 11)
Page Count 224
Dimensions 5 x 8
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Freedom Train - The Story of Harriet Tubman
SKU: 1274
$6.99Harriet Tubman knew mostly only hard work and hunger in her life. Born into slavery, she spent the majority of her life helping countless others escape it. Freedom Train recounts the story of Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of slaves through a system called the Underground Railroad, a complex organization of private homes reaching from the South all the way to Canada. Contemporary readers may not be aware of how dangerous Harriet Tubman's work was, and just how much she risked for others. This is a story of an inspiring American hero written in an inspired style. Gr. 3-5 Learn More -
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Georgias, by Plato (Penguin Classics)
SKU: 2580
$10.00ABOUT GORGIAS
The classic political dialogue, as relevant today as in Plato’s time Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, Gorgias debates perennial questions about the nature of government and those who aspire to public office. Are high moral standards essential or should we give our preference to the pragmatist who gets things done or negotiates successfully? Should individuals be motivated by a desire for personal power and prestige, or genuine concern for the moral betterment of the citizens? These questions go to the heart of Athenian democratic principles and are more relevant than ever in today’s political climate.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Geronimo Stilton #5: Four Mice Deep in the Jungle
SKU: 13287
$7.99Enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast–paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7–10 will love. I have never been a brave mouse… but lately, my fears were taking over my life! Soon I was too afraid even to leave my mousehole. That's when Thea and Trap decided to cure me. They dragged me away on an airplane (I'm afraid of flying!) all the way to the jungle. There I was forced to eat bug soup, climb trees as high as skyscrapers, swim in raging rivers, and even wrangle snakes! How would a 'fraidy mouse like me ever survive? Learn More -
Great Expectations (Stepping Stone Classic)
SKU: 3547
$5.99Seven year old Pip dreams of a better life, but who can help him turn his rags to riches? Adapted by Monica Kulling, this retelling of Dicken's adventure story is perfect for young readers. 100 pgs. Learn More -
Greek Myths
SKU: 0979
$10.99From the terror of Medusa and the Minotaur to the Labors of Heracles and journeys of Theseus, the stories in this collection have thrilled and enthralled people for centuries with their high drama, hazardous quests, and unforgettable characters (both mortal and immortal). Under Olivia Coolidge’s skillful pen, the landscape of early Greece and its famous legends bloom with vigor and are perfectly suited to the adventure-seeking reader.
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Greenleaf Guide to Ancient Literature
SKU: 2541
$18.95Includes detailed comprehension questions, background information, notes and more on several classics including Gilgamesh, The Oddyssey, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and the Antigone. Recommended for junior and senior students. Softcover 200+ pages. Learn More