BookUpdate: October 2008

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			October 2008

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Timely Ideas for Teaching With Books

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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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All About Authors


		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

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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


•	All About Authors

•	The Hunger Games

•	New & Noteworthy

•	Book List Exchange

•	October Printables

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Reference Series for Libraries

Get kids excited about reading and research with Scholastic Library Publishing’s nonfiction series for grades 3–5, A True Book: American History.

Ready-to-Go Book Lists

•	Change Is in the Air Grades PreK–K
•	Ten Books for Halloween Grades 1–4
•	Mysteries, Secrets and Spies Grades 6–9
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