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BookUPDATE October 2008 
 
 
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Timely Ideas for Teaching With Books
Kid Lit Kit •  Every Monday, visit Scholastic’s daily blog the Kid Lit Kit for a new fiction/nonfiction book pair and activities to help you use nonfiction books in your classroom.
•  Teach young students about autumn with a book-based lesson plan for Fall Leaves Fall ! Grades K–2
•  October is a perfect time for a Mystery Genre Study.
Grades 4–7
•  November 4 Host a Book-Based Election Party for Election Day. Grades K–3
•  Celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November with this Discussion Guide for Pocahontas by Abenaki Indian author Joseph Bruchac. Grades 6–8
•  Al’s Book Club pick for October is Inkheart. Watch the Today Show on October 17 for the interview with author Cornelia Funke.
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Rick Riordan Rick Riordan
The author of the Percy Jackson series has launched a new adventure series The 39 Clues. Our Author of the Month event gives you plenty of resources to teach this popular author, including video, discussion guides, and a Message Board where Riordan himself will answer your questions.
 
• Books by Rick Riordan
• More About The 39 Clues
Kate Waters
Kate Waters’s books make the study of history vibrant and relevant by emphasizing the connections between historical events and today’s children.
 
• Books by Kate Waters
>>  Browse Author Videos
>>  Browse All Authors
>>  Browse Book Clubs Featured Authors
Teaching With Books
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Grades 7–12
 
The cruel government of a future dystopic North America forces each district to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. It is impossible to put this book down once you start reading. Give it to every teen you know!
 
• Suzanne Collins Author Study
• The Hunger Games Student Activities in The
  Stacks
New & Noteworthy

 
Too Many Toys
by David Shannon
Grades K–3
 

 
Looking for Miza
by Craig Hatfield
Grades 3–7
 

>>  More Picture Books >>  More Early Reader Books

 
Inkdeath
by Cornelia Funke
Grades 4–7
 

 
100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet
by Anna Claybourne
Grades 4–7
 

>>  More Middle Grade Books >>  More Nonfiction Books
   
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•  The Hunger Games
•  New & Noteworthy
•  Book List Exchange
•  October Printables
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List Exchange
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•  Change Is in the Air
Grades PreK–K
•  Ten Books for Halloween
Grades 1–4
•  Mysteries, Secrets and Spies
Grades 6–9
•  Scary Stories for Teens
Grades 7–12
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1.  2008–09 Planning Calendar
2.  Follow the Clues Reading Activity
3.  Monster Story Mini-Book
4.  Pumpkin Mini-Book
5.  October Bookmarks

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