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    Walker, Alice

    Author Alice Walker‘s official website has biography info, upcoming events, video gallery and more. Read Write Think posts activities and resources http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/author-alice-walker-born-20676.html

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    The Color Purple 35th Anniversary

    In honor of Black History Month, The Color Purple returns to cinemas and includes exclusive insights from Turner Classic Movies. One day only – February 23, 2020. The classic film is from director Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer … [continue reading]

  • Pearl S. Buck Literature Based Themes - Homeschooling on a Shoestring
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    Buck, Pearl S.

    Author Pearl S. Buck Literature Based Theme has free and low-cost activities, lesson plans, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. Biographical information https://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/Buck/biography.html https://myhero.com/Pearl_Buck https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/20160/quick-10-10-famous-homeschooled-people Field Trip Tours of the Pearl S. Buck House https://pearlsbuck.org/takeatour/ View their educational resources … [continue reading]

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    The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar Literature Based Theme has free and low-cost activities, lesson plans, lapbooks, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. The Very Hungry Caterpillar buy on Amazon Eric Carle reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar via YouTube A Guide … [continue reading]

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    Wharton, Edith

    Author Edith Wharton Short biography and list of works from AmericanLiterature.com The Described and Captioned Media Program short video clip and free media guide Ethan Frome Read the story or download from Project Gutenberg Study Guide from Glencoe Study Guide… [continue reading]

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    Sinclair, Upton

    Author Upton Sinclair Wikipedia Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair The Jungle Study Guide https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/jungle/ Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classic Edition https://www.perma-bound.com/static/TPR/000458910.pdf Simon & Schuster Classroom Activities for the Enriched Classic edition https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/tagged_assets/3950/cg31_860.pdf

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    Caps for Sale

    Caps for Sale Literature Based Theme has free and low-cost activities, lesson plans, lapbooks, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. Be sure to learn about the author, Esphry Slobodkina. New York Times book review article Capping It Off … [continue reading]

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    Milne, AA

    Author Alan Alexander Milne (A. A. Milne) Author Biography http://www.just-pooh.com/milne.html http://www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/flyer/flyer_519.pdf Poetry http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/milne.htm Winnie-the-Pooh Pooh Corner – A Short History of Pooh and Winnie http://www.poohcorner.com/A-Short-History-of-Pooh-and-Winnie.html Just Pooh – History of Winnie the Pooh http://www.just-pooh.com/history.html October 14, 1926 “Winnie the Pooh” … [continue reading]