Books make wonderful gifts. Not only will children learn to use their imagination, but also improve their reading skills. Around age 7 many children start making the move away from picture books to chapter books. Chapter books allow the child to follow a story for a longer period of time. Kids can also gain a ...
For the second time the Dallas Children’s Theater is producing Seattle Children’s Theater’s 1986-87 stage adaptation of Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing through Oct. 28th. (Source: Dallas News). “Judy Blume is thrilled, if a bit overwhelmed that her book is as popular as ever as it hits its 35th anniversary in a ...
Billy Bloom, the protagonist of Freak Show, is not your ordinary high school skell. The 16 year-old twinkle queen is obsessed with being fabulous, a hobby that doesn’t go over well at his super-rich, ultra-conservative private southern high school. Each day is a new hell for Billy: tater tots in his hair, noogies and donkey ...
Judy Blume has written more than twenty books since 1969, and has won more than 60 awards, including the Children’s Choice Award in 1988, the Carl Sandburg Freedom to Read Award in 1984, the West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award in 1982, the Rhode Island Library Association Award in 1980, and the Charlie May Swann ...
If you know me, I am an avid reader. But Judy Blume, believe it or not, is someone I didn’t read. As you may have noticed, previously I wrote a review on Judy Blume’s book Forever…. within that article, I mentioned her book Wifey. Wifey, was my first read, of Judy Blume’s, and since that ...
Objective: Students should come away with working definitions of the terms “perspective” and “point-of-view,” as well as the ability to recognize from whose perspective a story is taking place, and to insert their own perspectives into their writing. Age/Grade: 2nd-3rd Materials: The Pain and The Great One by Judy Blume Writing materials (paper, ...
Did you know that Judy Blume writes adult books too? That’s right she does. And my ultimate favorite was Wifey, when I first read that book….I was like freaked out. But this time, I found a new one on the shelves the other day, and decided to read it. It is called Forever…and I want ...