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Watch and Read: Spotlight on Media Tie-ins: ‘House at the End of the Street’...
Fans of The Hunger Games’ Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence to rave reviews, will be happy to welcome their favorite heroine back to the big screen. House at the End of the Street (PG-13),...
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An Armchair Adventure | On Safari
Related TeachingBooks.net resources »»» Take your students on a fact-filled African expedition with a selection of titles about awe-inspiring creatures. Handsomely illustrated with stunning photos...
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Watch and Read: Spotlight on Media Tie-ins: Monster Movie Mash: Frankenweenie...
Two new animated offerings—Frankenweenie and Hotel Transylvania—pay homage to classic Hollywood monsters with fresh interpretations and plenty of panache—just in time for Halloween. Frankenweenie This...
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Watch and Read—Spotlight on Media Tie-ins: Go, Go Power Rangers: Refreshed...
First introduced in 1993 with Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, this iconic live-action TV series starring a group of teens able to transform into a team of color-coded costumed superheroes is still going...
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Pitch Perfect—and a Roundup of Reads about Divas, Virtuosos, Rockers, and...
Perfectly pitched to fans of TV’s Glee and reality competition shows such as American Idol, The Voice, and X Factor, this musical comedy from Universal Studios opens nationally on October 5. Set in the...
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Fresh and Fun | Books for Emergent Readers
Related TeachingBooks.net resources »»» Whether they are taking their first steps and beginning to sound out words or making leaps and bounds toward decoding longer sentences and more complex story...
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Watch and Read—Spotlight on Media Tie-ins: How to Rock TV Shows and Book Series
How to Rock, a comedy series based on Meg Haston’s novel How to Rock Braces and Glasses (Little, Brown, 2011), premiered on Teen Nick in February. Pitched toward the Drake & Josh crowd, the show...
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Watch and Read—Spotlight on Media Tie-ins: Fairy Fanfare: TV’s Winx Club
Featuring a bright anime-influenced visual design, Winx Club (TV Y7) stars a flight of stylish teenage fairies with an updated look and an array of magical abilities. Created by Iginio Straffi and...
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Watch and Read—Spotlight on Media Tie-ins: Game On! Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph
Wreck-It Ralph (PG) takes audiences inside the world of video games to tell a humor-filled tale of friendship, heroism, and self-discovery. Walt Disney Studio’s latest 3-D animated release premieres in...
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Media Mania: Spy Novels for James Bond Fans
With the release of Adele’s lushly orchestrated theme song and heaps of media coverage, the buzz is building for the opening of Skyfall (PG-13) on November 9, 2012. The premiere of the 23rd...
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Severed Limbs, Devil’s Hairs, and Boys Turned into Beasts | A Delightfully...
Related TeachingBooks.net resources »»» Listen to Adam Gidwitz introduce and read from In a Glass Grimmly »»» They may be as old as time, but folk and fairy tales continue to flourish in popular...
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Watch and Read: Spotlight on Media Tie-ins—Rise of the Guardians
Rise of the Guardians (PG) premieres on November 21, just in time to kick off the holiday movie-going season. A sword-wielding Santa, a rough-and-tumble egg-bringing bunny, a multi-tasking tooth...
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Life Lessons from Aesop | Classic Connections
Related TeachingBooks.net resources »»» Attributed to a man who lived in fifth-century-B.C. Greece, these timeless tales abound with simple wisdoms and useful truths, illuminatingly human-like animal...
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Media Mania: Got Gamers? Books Tie-ins to Teen-Favorite Video Games
Tempt teens away from the screen and into the pages of a book with an appetizing array of offerings based on popular video games. Assassin’s Creed III Taking place in a variety of time periods and...
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Great Books for Celebrating Martin Luther King Day
Held on the third Monday of January, this national holiday celebrates the life, work, and legacy of civil rights leader and humanitarian Martin Luther King, Jr. This year, MLK Day falls on Monday,...
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Media Mania: Beautiful Creatures and Recommended Paranormal Romance Reads for...
Beautiful Creatures is a story of star-crossed lovers with a supernatural edge and atmospheric Southern setting. The film adaptation of the first novel in Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s fan-favorite...
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Adventures with a Far-Wandering Hero | Homer’s The Odyssey
Filled with harrowing monsters and fate-dictating deities, all-too-human hubris and heartache, daring exploits and hard-won epiphanies, Homer’s Odyssey has thrilled and edified audiences for centuries....
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Choice Books to Spark Discussion on Bullying
It might be a shove in the hallway, a verbal taunt during lunch, an individual being cruelly excluded or ignored, or an offensive text message. Bullying continues to be an emotionally, physically,...
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Media Mania—Magic and Mayhem: Mesmerizing Fairy Tale Retellings for Teens
Told and retold through the centuries, ever-evolving and repeatedly re-envisioned, folk and fairy tales continue to captivate imaginations. In fact, unwavering interest in these stories have sparked an...
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Why Can’t We Be Friends?: Tales of the Heart
Filled with unlikely but enduring attachments, ostensibly incompatible Romeos and Juliets, and unexpected instances of true animal camaraderie, these books prove that affection can allow individuals to...
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