Short Stories From Then And Now

The protagonists of STORIES FROM THEN AND NOW are, variously male, female and of various racial and ethnic backgrounds, and of, successively, elementary school high school and post-college age, involved in situations to which almost all Americans can relate.. Vol. 11 stories will take place during the 1980 to 2000 years. Whether read alone or as chapters of a book, readers will find the stories interesting enlightening, and often amusing.

See how schools in the United States have changed over the years. We go to school to learn and see friends, but school has changed over time. Long ago schools only had one room; now schools are large buildings with many rooms. This book includes such topics as transportation, supplies, and subjects taught. Historical and modern-day photographs interspersed throughout clearly illustrate how aspects of daily life change over time, while simple text shows readers how to compare and contrast ideas. Timelines in the back of each book give readers perspective by listing key inventions and developments that have modernized our lives.

Compares the use of things in the past and present, such as toys, games, transportation, learning, methods of communication and leisure activities.

Very short, creative stories pair with bold illustrations in this picture book that will inspire young readers to stretch their imaginations and write stories of their own. "One day. . . I went to school. I came home. The end," says our storyteller—a girl with a busy imagination and a thirst for adventure. The art tells a fuller tale of calamity on the way to school and an unpredictably happy ending. Each illustration in this inventive picture book captures multiple, unexpected, and funny storylines as the narrator shares her shorter-than-ever stories, ending with "One day. . . I wanted to write a book." This book demonstrates a unique approach to writing and telling stories and is a delightful gift for children as well as for teachers seeking a mentor text for their classrooms.

It's the sweetest holiday of the year! Celebrate love and Valentine's Day with card-making, tasty treats, and more in this installment of Natasha Wing's best-selling series. Join in on all of the colorful fun, and then come along to school the next morning for a day of parties and games!

Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award "Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional Native oral story, King weaves his way through literature and history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest, gracefully elucidating North America's relationship with its Native peoples. Native culture has deep ties to storytelling, and yet no other North American culture has been the subject of more erroneous stories. The Indian of fact, as King says, bears little resemblance to the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the construct so powerfully and often destructively projected by White North America. With keen perception and wit, King illustrates that stories are the key to, and only hope for, human understanding. He compels us to listen well.

The protagonists of STORIES FROM THEN AND NOW are, variously male, female and of various racial and ethnic backgrounds, and of, successively, elementary school high school and post-college age, involved in situations to which almost all Americans can relate.. Vol. 11 stories will take place during the 1980 to 2000 years. Whether read alone or as chapters of a book, readers will find the stories interesting enlightening, and often amusing.

This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and the satisfaction of a good short story. Curated by award-winning author Ellen van Neerven, Flock roams the landscape of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, bringing together voices from across the generations. Featuring established authors such as Tony Birch, Melissa Lucashenko and Tara June Winch, and rising stars such as Adam Thompson and Mykaela Saunders, Flock confirms the ongoing resonance and originality of First Nations stories.

It's the first day of school, and Camilla discovers that she is covered from head to toe in stripes, then polka-dots, and any other pattern spoken aloud! With a little help, she learns the secret of accepting her true self, in spite of her peculiar ailment.

A fiction writer's mind is free to wander anywhere. He can invent characters who live Here or There and ones who live Now or Then, at his discretion. This collection exposes the reader to the Here, the Now, the Then and There. Through the eyes of dreamers, realists, celebrities, farmers, students, teachers, prisoners, voodoo queens, the dead, AIDS victims, children and adults, the writer provides the reader with experiences of loss, gain, hopes and dreams. One is given insights into various fascinating characters and their environments from the streets of San Francisco, New Orleans, Nashville, Hollywood, New York and Berlin, to historic sites and dirt roads of rural communities. The stories range from a woman's determination to end a dieting argument, two men refusing to become irrelevant in old age, the longings of an incarcerated poet to a grandfather's vigil of a special memorial. None of these stories is drawn completely from any particular source. Vivid remembrances of people, places, times, some sayings and other quirky flashes from years ago to the present make up the material for the stories. The reader will identify with many of these people as well as the places, but they are borne of the author's imagination and there they thrive.