Click here to walk in Naima’s world by downloading the .pdf version of the Discussion Guide especially created to compliment Rickshaw Girl. In doing so, learn about the economic complexities of Naima’s life in Bangladesh. Engage in vibrant topics for discussion. Create artistic crafts such as creating alpanas out of chalk, salt, rice, or salt. Delve into… Read more »
November 2010
THE CIRCUIT by Francisco Jimenez
Incorporate Francisco Jimenez’s timeless book into your classroom activities by accessing this on-line study guide especially created to compliment his work. Components of the guide are pre-reading and discussion questions. Click here to access the on-line study guide for The Circuit In addition click here to enjoy a mini-documentary movie, 2 book-reading movies (one in English, one Spanish),… Read more »
TORTILLA SUN by Jennifer Cervantes
Nana says that “Life is magic” and “Sometimes you can’t see the magic, you just know its there because you can feel it.” Maybe magic can be generated when readers discuss Jennifer Cervantes’ incredible Tortilla Sun together as a group. Maybe what Nana meant to say was that reading becomes magical when it’s shared with… Read more »
Welcome Special Guest, Bethany Hegedus
Maebelle T. Earl is one distraught eleven-year-old. Not only is she the daughter of brilliant book-touring family therapists, but she’s flunked out of the Gifted & Talented program at her school and is being forced to spend the summer with her ten-year-old, newly adopted, trumpet-playing prodigy cousin, Isaac and her beloved, quirky, and musically-gifted grandparents… Read more »
Bethany’s Story
I was born in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Bolingbrook is a suburb of Chicago and is now considered a big town but when I was a kid, Bolingbrook was nothing but cornfields. Oh, and there was a creek. I loved the creek. My brother and I would play there almost every day afterschool. He and his friends… Read more »
Your Friend, Bethany
DEAR READER, I’m thrilled you are reading my book TRUTH WITH A CAPITAL T and hope you find a good friend in Maebelle T. Earl and her cousin, Isaac. The summer between 5th grade and 6th grade is a big one. It was for me and it especially is for Maebelle. You see, right before… Read more »
Truth With a Capital T, by Bethany Hegedus
My best made me regular, not gifted or talented. I was normal, as in nothing special. (4) As a result of the journey to discover family truths buried under centuries of racial misunderstandings, family secrets, and fledgling new friendships, Maebelle T. Earl learns that she is, in fact, gifted, talented, and remarkably special in every… Read more »
