Provides readers with a guide to conducting primary research, discussing how to locate the information one needs and use it effectively. Includes a glossary and additional reading sources.

In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met.

Zulaikha, a thirteen-year-old girl in Afghanistan, faces a series of frightening but exhilirating changes in her life as she defies her father and secretly meets with an old woman who teaches her to read, her older sister gets married, and American troops offer her surgery to fix her disfiguring cleft lip.

Presents an alphabetically arranged guide to over 100 rationales for using graphic novels in the classroom and includes a listing by title/series from almost every genre available in the format.

Explores how to use reference books and periodicals while doing research.

After realizing that the Underwear Dragon misbehaves only because he cannot read, Sir Cole and his would-be assistant, Claire, are determined to help the fearsome beast.

"What would you say if I told you that looking at abstract paintings could give you the confidence you need to speak up in class? Or that learning the history of donuts could help you think like a super spy and train like the CIA? smART teaches readers how to think critically and creatively, a skill that only requires you to open your eyes and actively engage your brain. This young reader's adaptation is based on Visual Intelligence by Amy E. Herman"--...