Kim, a middle school teacher, requested a booklist for middle schoolers. I started listing away and had to stop myself before I hit 100 books. Then I typed this up and just keep going ( Read more... )

S'WonderlandWhen Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit hole, little did she know she was in store for growing and shrinking, talking animals, a mad tea party, and a trial ( Read more... )

Here you go, boys! (and parents, and libraries, and teachers, and booksellers...)

Classics
White Fang by Jack London
Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Realistic Drama and/or Comedy (alphabetical by author ( Read more... )

When I was seven years old, I got in trouble for using the word "suicide" in the classroom ( Read more... )

Watch out, wolf: not one but TWO Little Red Riding Hood adaptations will be coming soon to a forest near you - and both Little Reds are actresses that I personally think will do the role justice. Let's just hope the scripts do, too, and that the productions are innovative ( Read more... )

Hey there, young equestrians! If you like horsing around, then this booklist is for you.

ClassicsNational Velvet by Enid Bagnold ( Read more... )

Looking for the perfect books to give to your loved ones? Thinking about expanding your own personal library? Consider a few things before you go shopping:

* Give what you like. If you really enjoyed a certain book, get a few copies and give them to your best friends, then have fun discussing it with them. Have your own little book club! (Take ( Read more... )

This article was published as a feature article for SparkNotes Literature online. Click the linked titles for my full-length reviews of individual books.Looking for something to read during the flight or long car ride to your grandmother's house this holiday weekend? Maybe you want to devour a romance or escape to a fantasy land after you've eaten ( Read more... )

I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other ( Read more... )

What is reader resonance ( Read more... )