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Winning personalities

From Thoreau finding insight in isolation to a princess who finds her calling as a pima chef, these characters finish on top. There's no shortage...
Teaching Pre K-8, 05/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication
Round and round we go

Cormier throws us one final curve, we go west with Sonia Levitin and David Wesner turns a fairy tale upside-down and inside-out. I approach every...
Teaching Pre K-8, 04/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication
Authors as writing teachers

Kids can learn a lot from authors who write about their methods. Whenever I'm in the company of children's writers, I'm struck by the differences...
Teaching Pre K-8, 04/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication
March breezes

In the Library The power of the wind appears in books, art, websites and more. Most of us, when we think of March, think of wind. So, let's...
Teaching Pre K-8, 03/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication
We meet again

Sequels to old and new favorites, plus a fun picture book tossed in for variety. Sometimes one book isn't enough. We want more of a certain...
Teaching Pre K-8, 03/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication
Questions of character

Literature can jump-start lessons in character education. Everyone seems to agree that schools should attempt to deal with character education....
Teaching Pre K-8, 02/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication

world we know, The

Children's Books We're traveling this month - by sea, by land and into the familiar realm of well-loved stories, In his new book, Caught by the...
Teaching Pre K-8, 02/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication
A teacher's alphabet

A is for Art and Atmosphere, the art of creating a good atmosphere for learning; and for Acceptance, which we all need to feel and to show to...
Teaching Pre K-8, 02/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication
A parents' alphabet

A is for Arms, arms that hold and arms that support and arms that push when they have to. B is for Books, which should abound in every home; and...
Teaching Pre K-8, 02/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication
Showing our love

Carol Otis Hurst on Children's Rooks This month's books show kids mourning a beloved pet, meeting a furry friend and helping a family member. ...
Teaching Pre K-8, 01/01/02 by Hurst, Carol Otis · More from publication