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 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 →
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks is our June Book of the Month, and since it features mermaids so heavily, we wanted to spend some time this week exploring mermaid mythology, mermaids in pop culture, and other related topics! Today, we're diving deep to explore MERMAIDS. Mermaids have appeared in stories and myths from many cultures... Continue Reading →
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks is our June Book of the Month, and since it features mermaids so heavily, we wanted to spend some time this week exploring mermaid mythology, mermaids in pop culture, and other related topics! Today, we're diving deep to explore MERMAIDS. Mermaids have appeared in stories and myths from many cultures... Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, we shared a guest blog from Masque of the Red Death author Bethany Griffin, discussing the use of YA lit alongside the classics in the classroom. Tomorrow, we'll share our ideas on using Bethany's Edgar Allan Poe-inspired novel in the classroom -- but for now, here are Bethany's study questions for the... Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, we shared a guest blog from Masque of the Red Death author Bethany Griffin, discussing the use of YA lit alongside the classics in the classroom. Tomorrow, we'll share our ideas on using Bethany's Edgar Allan Poe-inspired novel in the classroom -- but for now, here are Bethany's study questions for the... Continue Reading →
Ever since we posted our study questions for the first seven chapters of The Hunger Games, we've had eager teachers begging us for more. Well, first let me direct your attention to the website Hunger Games Lessons, which has fully-fleshed out lesson plans available for all three books in the series. The site is run... Continue Reading →
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