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Best books of 2019 for the holidays
At the end of the year we like looking back to see what new titles have been published.
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The gift of reading
Look at your bookshelf. Do you still remember which books were given to you as gifts? Who gave them to you and on what occasion?
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The Time Detectives: time travel adventures in the English class
Go on an adventure with Liam and Rose, the young time detectives as they travel through space and time and explore different periods in the past and the future.
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Meet the illustrator: making children's books with Maria Sole Macchia
What is it like to make illustrations for children? Maria Sole Macchia is a visual artist who specializes in creating picture books for young children.
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A Connecticut Yankee in the English classroom
We are all aware of the benefits of extensive reading, but some of us may feel unsure about how to approach longer texts in class.
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Little Women: Big learning opportunities with our project-based ideas
This Christmas the most recent film adaptation of Little Women hits the cinemas. Louisa May Alcott's classic novel was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, and was an instant success.
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Interactive reading: learn, think and play with The Thinking Train series
Among the multitude of benefits of reading stories in the language class, we would like to point out the importance of interaction during reading sessions.
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Looking together: word and image interplay in picture books
Picture books are rich resources for language development as well as visual literacy development, regardless of the age of your students.
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Beat the bullies through books: a review of Jane, the Fox & Me
I told her, You’ll see, the story ends well.
Did you have any books in your childhood and teenage years which surrounded you with a protective haze?
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Deborah’s dreams: how stories can make a difference
The graphic novel Jane, the Fox & Me by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault shows us that books and reading can work as protective shields, safe zones and islands of self-discovery.
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