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Pollyanna, Core Classics Series
Pollyanna's story is not that of a pampered princess, but a lonely orphan. In her young life she has already faced too many sad facts to think that all of her life is happy or easy. When she stops to play what she calls "the glad game", it is not out of fun. She hopes to find a silver lining in a stormy cloud overhead, a consolation for a hard blow. No one has harder blows to cope with than Pollyanna does, and being cheerful is not easy for her either. Pollyanna believes that everyone naturally wants to be good, because it's by being good that we are most likely to be happy. So she tries to help others to look for good, especially when things seem only wrong. Her message is familiar: when life is disappointing or even painful, stop and count your blessings. There are still things to be thankful for. The Core Classics offers young readers abridged texts faithful in themes, style and spirit to the original classic stories. Softcover, 227 pages.
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The Tale of Peter Rabbitby Beatrix Potter(read online) full color illustrations
Lesson Plan Beatrix Potter
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter loved the countryside and she spent much of her otherwise conventional Victorian childhookd drawing and studying animals. Her passion for the natural world lay behind the creation of her famous series of little books. A particular source of inspiration was the English Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and land conservationist. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, published in 1902, was her first book, expanded from an illustrated letter she had sent to a young friend who was ill. One hundred years later the classic tale of naughty Peter Rabbit's escape from Mr. McGregor's garden still bring s to children all over the world the pleasure that it gave to its very first reader.
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle(read online)
Lesson Plan Robin Hood
Quia Game On the Hunt for Robin Hood
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Robin Hood has killed one of the king's men. He hides out in the forest and is now known as an outlaw. This will be his home for many years to come. Looking for something exciting to do, Robin takes a walk. On the way, he meets a man, Little John and he joins Robin's band of merry men on their many adventures. This book is designed to be used for homeschooling or supplemental work for second grade readers. Each section contains a short story based on Robin Hood, vocabulary words and definitions, comprehension and vocabulary activities. Contains ten lessons and comprehension, vocabulary and pronunciation answer keys.
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Black Beauty, the Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (read online)
Novel Analysis Black Beauty
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Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all.
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