Update: The Teacher's Guide for Frederick Douglass is now available as a download from the online bookstore.
A powerful testament to the human spirit — the life of Frederick Douglass is presented in a new Core Classics Plus study edition especially prepared for young readers. To the classic text we’ve added lavish illustrations, historical backgrounds, vocabulary in context, lots of cross curricular activities, writing extensions, projects and much, much more. This primary source material is splendidly suitable for American history, social studies, and literature classes.
ISBN: 978-1-933486-00-0
From the Introduction
At the time Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, the most famous detective in fiction, most stories were told in parts in magazines over many months. The problem with that, Doyle thought, was that if readers happened to miss the first part, they would not be interested in picking up the story later. So he decided to write stories that were complete in one issue and had main characters that reappeared in future adventures. Edgar Allen Poe wrote the first detective story, but Doyle reinvented it with the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson.
ISBN: 978-1-890517-08-3
From the Introduction
There is a story that the king of Spain once looked out a window onto the street and saw a man walking along reading a book, slapping his head and roaring with laughter. “I’ll bet he is reading Don Quixote,” the king exclaimed.
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ISBN: 978-1-890517-10-6
The definitive textbook on the African-American cultural tradition, in a lavishly illustrated 931-page edition. With Grace Abounding students will gain insight into every facet of the African-American literary and arts tradition, tracing its development from African roots, through Emancipation, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black Arts Movement of the 1970s, all the way to the emergent voices of the twenty-first century. This book and its study apparatus are designed for a wide range of grade and reading levels; teachers and curriculum coordinators from grades 4–10 will find everything they need to instruct students in this essential yet often overlooked literary domain.
ISBN: 978-1-933486-02-4
A History of the Renaissance and Reformation
History for Young Readers
Written in a lively style for young readers, and aligned with the Core Knowledge Sequence curriculum for Grade 5, Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines makes history more than "just a bunch of names and dates." It emphasizes the story in history, brings interesting characters to life, and provides plenty of engaging anecdotes — even an occasional cartoon! Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines is generously illustrated in color.
A quantity discount of 15% will apply to orders of 25 or more copies.
ISBN 978-1-890517-19-9
A History of the Renaissance and Reformation
History for Young Readers
Written in a lively style for young readers, and aligned with the Core Knowledge Sequence curriculum for Grade 5, Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines makes history more than "just a bunch of names and dates." It emphasizes the story in history, brings interesting characters to life, and provides plenty of engaging anecdotes — even an occasional cartoon! Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines is generously illustrated in color.
A quantity discount of 15% will apply to orders of 25 or more copies.
ISBN 978-1-890517-18-2
