![]() ![]() Have you ever taken a trip with a group of people? How would the trip have been different if you were alone?ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading:ĭo you think the witch and the animals are all friends? What makes you think so? Have you and your friends ever "combined forces" to accomplish something? Could you have done it alone? Have you ever lost anything? How did you find it? Did you have help? What is a witch? Where have you seen witches before? ![]() But is there room on the broom for so many new friends? The witch and her cat couldn't be happier, flying through the sky on their broomstick-until the witch drops her hat, then her bow, then her wand! Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items and all they want in return is a ride on the broomstick. Grade Level: 2nd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) Volunteers needed in July! Click here to sign up. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The canvas of his narrative history is enormous-from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Operation Desert Storm, and both the Iraq War and current climate change. ![]() With his far-reaching insight and in-depth research, Yergin is uniquely positioned to address the present battle over energy which undoubtedly ranks as one of the most vital issues of our time. This updated edition categorically proves the unwavering significance of oil throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first by tracing economic and political clashes over precious “black gold.” Daniel Yergin’s timeless book chronicles the struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades and that continues to fuel global rivalries, shake the world economy, and transform the destiny of men and nations. Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important resource-oil. ![]() Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” ( The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis. ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Barbara Poelle, Irene Goodman Literary Agency. Still, love creeps in, and nascent rebellion finally stirs when Morgan realizes that not even the most benevolent despot can keep her world secure and stable. It’s difficult not to pity Morgan-she’s a government-molded drone trapped in a familiar dystopian structure, despite the novelty of the setting. Morgan’s world is studded with allegory and symbol: her brother, Lex, looked over the edge of their world and was struck blind an accused murderer is named Judas the trains always run on time. ![]() True, Internment’s history is based on the ground god’s rejection and banishment of its people, but the god of the sky looks after them, as does portly King Furlow and kindly patrolmen like Morgan’s father. DeStefano has also crafted characters who. Her writing weaves a tale of a world that strives to be perfect, but can no longer hide its seedy underbelly. Lauren DeStefano has created a world that, on the the outside, seems like everyone’s happily ever after. Morgan Stockhour is a good tenth-year student who loves her state-mandated betrothed, Basil, and thinks her floating island country, Internment, is beautiful. Although Perfect Ruin is, by genre, a dystopian novel, it reads like a fairy tale. The challenge for authors of totalitarian dystopias is to write about the boredom in interesting ways-a challenge that DeStefano (the Chemical Garden Trilogy) doesn’t quite surmount in this first book in the Internment Chronicles. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman, 2012.Geisel Award-winning author Geoffrey Hayes delights young readers with these easy-to-read stories about Patrick Brown, a puddle-jumping teddy bear whose biggest challenge is avoiding naptime. Patrick in a Teddy Bear's Picnic and Other Stories by Geoffrey Hayes, 2011.A picture-book version of the classic teddy bear song, with endearing pictures by the popular illustrator of Good Dog, Carl. The Teddy Bears' Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy, illustrated by Alexandra Day, 2000.Follow along as two ragtag, everyday super heroes don capes to play in the mud, save their stuffed animals from certain peril, conquer the vegetables at dinner, and overcome darkness at night. Do Super Heroes Have Teddy Bears? by Carmela LeVigna Coyle, illustrated by Mike Gordon, 2012.Read some of the books suggested in this session: the theme was, "Chalice Children are all different, but we care about one another and celebrate together." This session concluded Teddy Bear Month by engaging children (and their teddy bears) to celebrate their friendship together.ĮXPLORE THE TOPIC TOGETHER. from "When I Am Frightened," Hymn 1012 in Singing the Journey If you will show me compassion, then I may learn to care as you do. ![]() |