Dart, Arrow, and Boomerang: Nov. 2020
Friendship is the tie that binds the November Dart, Arrow, and Boomerang books. As we dig into the grammar, punctuation, spelling, and literary devices that make stories tick, we’ll tag along with Pooh and company in the Hundred Acre Wood, we’ll meet a brother and sister living in a longhouse, and we’ll learn about the Trail of Tears through the eyes of a ghost.
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House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne.
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood in A.A. Milne’s second collection of Pooh stories, The House at Pooh Corner. Here you will rediscover all the characters you met in Winnie-the-Pooh: Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Kanga, tiny Roo, and, of course, Pooh himself. Joining them is the thoroughly bouncy and lovable Tigger, who leads the rest into unforgettable adventures. ~Amazon
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Children of the Longhouse, Joseph Bruchac.
When Ohkwa’ri overhears a group of older boys planning a raid on a neighboring village, he immediately tells his Mohawk elders. He has done the right thing—but he has also made enemies. Grabber and his friends will do anything they can to hurt him, especially during the village-wide game of Tekwaarathon (lacrosse). Ohkwa’ri believes in the path of peace, but can peaceful ways work against Grabber’s wrath? ~Birchbark Books
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How I Became a Ghost, Tim Tingle.
Told in the words of Isaac, a Choctaw boy who does not survive the Trail of Tears, How I Became a Ghost is a tale of innocence and resilience in the face of tragedy. From the book’s opening line, “Maybe you have never read a book written by a ghost before,” the reader is put on notice that this is no normal book. Isaac leads a remarkable foursome of Choctaw comrades: a tough-minded teenage girl, a shape-shifting panther boy, a lovable five-year-old ghost who only wants her mom and dad to be happy, and Isaac’s talking dog, Jumper. The first in a trilogy, How I Became a Ghost thinly disguises an important and oft-overlooked piece of history. ~Birchbark Books
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