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Media Mania—Magic and Mayhem: Mesmerizing Fairy Tale Retellings for Teens
Told and retold through the centuries, ever-evolving and repeatedly re-envisioned, folk and fairy tales continue to captivate imaginations. In fact, unwavering interest in these stories have sparked an onslaught of media offerings. Take the opportunity to booktalk or display a selection of splendid retellings of folk and fairy tales written for teens. The genre’s integral themes of transformation, self-realization, burgeoning independence, and first love are ready-made for a young adult audience, and these titles utilize a variety of writing styles, settings, and storytelling tones to explore timeless motifs in imaginative and appealingly contemporary ways.
Choice Books to Spark Discussion on Bullying
Great titles that address bullying in a variety of ways, providing information, offering the comfort of knowing that others are facing similar challenges, and presenting strategies for surviving. Booktalk them and recommend them to teachers to share with their students to increase awareness and empathy, initiate discussion, and begin to bring about change.
Adventures with a Far-Wandering Hero | Homer's The Odyssey
Filled with harrowing monsters and fate-dictating deities, and all-too-human hubris and heartache, Homer’s 'Odyssey' has thrilled and edified audiences for centuries. Today's readers have a host of imaginative—and artful—adaptations of the epic poem to choose from.
Beautiful Creatures and Recommended Paranormal Romance Reads for Teens | Media Mania
Beautiful Creatures is a story of star-crossed lovers with a supernatural edge and atmospheric Southern setting. The film adaptation of the first novel in Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s fan-favorite series (2009, Little, Brown) is fittingly scheduled for release on Valentine’s Day, 2013. Tempt teens who just can’t get enough of these Beautiful Creatures to keep reading by booktalking or displaying a selection of page-turning tales forged with mystical wonder and touched by true love. Encompassing copious coming-of-age themes and a variety of writing styles, these titles also make excellent choices for book discussion groups.
Great Books for Celebrating Martin Luther King Day
Looking for a way to bring Martin Luther King Day to life? These resources are the perfect way to shed light on King, as well as the Civil Rights Movement as a whole.
The Odyssey
Gr 8 Up—This handsome book blends a well-paced rendition of Homer's ancient tale with fine-art-style illustrations...
Puss in Boots
PreS-Gr 4—Set in early-18th-century France, this adaptation of Charles Perrault's classic tale is filled with lushly delineated period details, moments of tingling excitement, and playful humor...
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
Gr 5–8—A paradigm of perfection-with straight As, gleaming blond curls, and an unshakable sense of purpose-12-year-old Victoria expects everything and everyone to be just so...
Iron Hearted Violet
Gr 5–9—With her pug nose, mismatched eyes, and untamable hair, Princess Violet is not beautiful, but she is much beloved by her doting parents, friend Demetrius, and the Andulan people...
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