New Releases by Nancy Polette

Presents a brief look at the life of Pocahontas

Presents 32 narrataive poems and biographies that tell the struggles and accomplishments of courageous women who were willing to fight for what they believed.

A collection of literature activities for gifted students, featuring brief summaries of suggested titles, each followed by one or more activities; grouped in the categories of picture books, fairy tales and fantasy, the classics and poetry, exploring diversity, learning from the past, and heroines and heroes.

Help is what NEWBERY BOOKS, RESEARCH AND THE INTERNET is intended to be. Help in connecting literature to the real world; help in finding fascinating web sites relevant to the literature; and help in sharing information with others in creative and fun ways.

These booktalks and activities have been chosen to strengthen and enrich this period of history and to help students develop critical thinking skills.

Contains classroom activities centered around the Cinderella tales from eight countries: Egypt, Korea, Africa, Germany, Native American, Great Britain, Russia, and China.

A hungry cat eats everyone he sees, until he swallows the little old woman who owns him and she takes steps to put a stop to his gluttony.

200+ years of history through booktalks, songs, poetry and creative writing activities.

The student is given the outlines of two fairy tales: "Little No-account" and "The dragon in the tower", and adds detail to complete the plot and create his own tale.

Literature-based Reading'' contains a wide variety of classroom-tested strategies for a successful literature-based reading/writing program. Included are strategies which are applicable to any literature selection, applicable to any grade level, applicable to any subject discipline, designed for ease in teaching skills naturally from the literature with built-in success for every student.

Activities using popular children''s novels, including songs, poems, games and research projects.

Current research shows that children''s abilities to think, perceive, create, and reason can be enhanced through carefully chosen picture books that promote cognitive development. This detailed guide, designed for teachers, librarians and parents, provides a comprehensive strategy for stimulating thinking skills in children (preschool through the primary grades).The book also aids in selecting books to share with children in a manner that deliberately promotes cognitive development.

Presents teaching suggestions for use with each of the novels.