The Blessed by Tonya Hurley is packed full of rich, diverse material to discuss in a classroom setting. Today, we're offering up some suggestions for essay topics and project ideas -- that both teachers and students can use to bring The Blessedinto the classroom. Essay Topics * Research the lives of Saint Cecelia, Saint Lucy,... Continue Reading →
All this month we've been featuring Haunted Reads for our October Book of the Month genre -- and most of these books fall somewhere in the category of "horror." But what exactly is horror? Well, according to Wikipedia, Horror is defined as such: a genre of literature, intended to, or has the capacity to frighten... Continue Reading →
Today, we're exploring one historical event that gets a bit of fictionalization in Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear -- the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. In Suzanne's novel, the quake takes place in 1895 and is triggered by magical backlash from the Otherworld. (Seriously, just read the book when it comes out next month --... Continue Reading →
Today, we're exploring one historical event that gets a bit of fictionalization in Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear -- the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. In Suzanne's novel, the quake takes place in 1895 and is triggered by magical backlash from the Otherworld. (Seriously, just read the book when it comes out next month --... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear is the following quote from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Stolen Child" -- Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand. For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. The poem serves as a... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear is the following quote from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Stolen Child" -- Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand. For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. The poem serves as a... Continue Reading →
We love our June Book of the Month, Of Poseidon by Anna Banks. Here are some essay topics & project ideas you can use to bring this fantastic YA novel into the classroom: Essay Topics: * Study classic mythology about mermaids, Poseidon, and Triton. Look at how the influence of these myths can be found... Continue Reading →
We love our June Book of the Month, Of Poseidon by Anna Banks. Here are some essay topics & project ideas you can use to bring this fantastic YA novel into the classroom: Essay Topics: * Study classic mythology about mermaids, Poseidon, and Triton. Look at how the influence of these myths can be found... Continue Reading →
We continue our exploration of myths and themes relating to our June Book of the Month Of Poseidon by Anna Banks today, with a look at Triton & Poseidon. Readers of the book will discover that Triton and Poseidon represent warring factions of mermaids (or "Syrena") in the novel. But their roots are a bit... Continue Reading →
We continue our exploration of myths and themes relating to our June Book of the Month Of Poseidon by Anna Banks today, with a look at Triton & Poseidon. Readers of the book will discover that Triton and Poseidon represent warring factions of mermaids (or "Syrena") in the novel. But their roots are a bit... Continue Reading →
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