Author: Judd Winick
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613690768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Inspiring memoir of the author's friendship with AIDS educator Pedro Zamora, who died of the disease after appearing on MTV's Real World.
Pedro and Me
Author: Judd Winick
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613690768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Inspiring memoir of the author's friendship with AIDS educator Pedro Zamora, who died of the disease after appearing on MTV's Real World.
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613690768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Inspiring memoir of the author's friendship with AIDS educator Pedro Zamora, who died of the disease after appearing on MTV's Real World.
Pedro & Me: Friendship, Loss, & What I Learned
Author: Judd Winick
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613315746
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A touching tribute, in graphic comic-book style, to the friendship shared by cartoonist Judd Winick and Pedro Zamora of MTV's Real World. The book explores the friendship of these very different friends and the legacy to AIDS Awareness that Zamora le
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613315746
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A touching tribute, in graphic comic-book style, to the friendship shared by cartoonist Judd Winick and Pedro Zamora of MTV's Real World. The book explores the friendship of these very different friends and the legacy to AIDS Awareness that Zamora le
Pedro and Me
Author: Judd Winick
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805064032
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
In this inspiring memoir in graphic novel form, the author relates his friendship with an HIV-positive AIDS activist while they were roommates during the filming of the MTV show "Real World". Pedro Zamora showed how people afflicted with the AIDS virus can live with dignity and humor. Illustrations.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805064032
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
In this inspiring memoir in graphic novel form, the author relates his friendship with an HIV-positive AIDS activist while they were roommates during the filming of the MTV show "Real World". Pedro Zamora showed how people afflicted with the AIDS virus can live with dignity and humor. Illustrations.
Radical Children's Literature
Author: K. Reynolds
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230206204
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. It looks at the stories about the world and young people; the interaction with changing childhoods and new technologies.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230206204
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. It looks at the stories about the world and young people; the interaction with changing childhoods and new technologies.
Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts
Author: David Yellin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351813420
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
B.11 Sports Books
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351813420
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
B.11 Sports Books
A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Graphic Novels
Author: Francisca Goldsmith
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838910084
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Graphic novels have found a place on library shelves but many librarians struggle to move this expanding body of intellectual, aesthetic, and entertaining literature into the mainstream of library materials.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838910084
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Graphic novels have found a place on library shelves but many librarians struggle to move this expanding body of intellectual, aesthetic, and entertaining literature into the mainstream of library materials.
Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies
Author: Matt Tavares
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 0763693103
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
"Before Pedro Martainez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young Award three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramaon was the best pitcher he'd ever seen. He dreamed of the day he and his brother could play together in the major leagues. This is the story of how that dream came true"--Dust jacket flap.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 0763693103
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
"Before Pedro Martainez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young Award three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramaon was the best pitcher he'd ever seen. He dreamed of the day he and his brother could play together in the major leagues. This is the story of how that dream came true"--Dust jacket flap.
In the Woods
Author: Tana French
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780670038602
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Twenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that takes place in the same wooded area, a case that forces him to piece together his traumatic memories.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780670038602
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Twenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that takes place in the same wooded area, a case that forces him to piece together his traumatic memories.
The Graphic Novel Classroom
Author: Maureen Bakis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1629140880
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Every teacher knows that keeping adolescents interested in learning can be challenging—The Graphic Novel Classroom overcomes that challenge. In these pages, you will learn how to create your own graphic novel in order to inspire students and make them love reading. Create your own superhero to teach reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem solving! Secondary language arts teacher Maureen Bakis discovered this powerful pedagogy in her own search to engage her students. Amazingly successful results encouraged Bakis to provide this learning tool to other middle and high school teachers so that they might also use this foolproof method to inspire their students. Readers will learn how to incorporate graphic novels into their classrooms in order to: Teach twenty-first-century skills such as interpretation of content and form Improve students’ writing and visual comprehension Captivate both struggling and proficient students in reading Promote authentic literacy learning Develop students’ ability to create in multiple formats This all-encompassing resource includes teaching and learning models, text-specific detailed lesson units, and examples of student work. An effective, contemporary way to improve learning and inspire students to love reading, The Graphic Novel Classroom is the perfect superpower for every teacher of adolescent students!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1629140880
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Every teacher knows that keeping adolescents interested in learning can be challenging—The Graphic Novel Classroom overcomes that challenge. In these pages, you will learn how to create your own graphic novel in order to inspire students and make them love reading. Create your own superhero to teach reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem solving! Secondary language arts teacher Maureen Bakis discovered this powerful pedagogy in her own search to engage her students. Amazingly successful results encouraged Bakis to provide this learning tool to other middle and high school teachers so that they might also use this foolproof method to inspire their students. Readers will learn how to incorporate graphic novels into their classrooms in order to: Teach twenty-first-century skills such as interpretation of content and form Improve students’ writing and visual comprehension Captivate both struggling and proficient students in reading Promote authentic literacy learning Develop students’ ability to create in multiple formats This all-encompassing resource includes teaching and learning models, text-specific detailed lesson units, and examples of student work. An effective, contemporary way to improve learning and inspire students to love reading, The Graphic Novel Classroom is the perfect superpower for every teacher of adolescent students!