The calendar is not lying to you–it’s May already. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and the flowers are popping out to say hello. As you wrap up the last of year-end inventory, you begin drifting into that age-old daydream. You know the one–you’re lounging in your favorite […]
Poetry is powerful and an important thing for students to learn. Think about it—what other form of literature has the ability to paint pictures in your mind, spark a fire in your heart, break the boundaries of grammar, all while displaying 10 essential literary elements? Oh, and did we mention […]
In Clive Barker’s Abarat, readers meet 16-year-old Candy Quackenbush, a small-town girl with an alcoholic father and weak-willed mother. Candy knows there are more interesting places out there and longs for something weird. When Candy meets the John brothers, a creature with 1 body and 8 heads, she brings the […]