Book Links May 2009 (vol. 18, no. 5)

Web Connections for May 2009

The Web sites listed below were verified at the time of publication, but please check that they remain valid before using them in an educational setting.

Best New Books for the Classroom

• A free, downloadable activity guide PDF for Adventures in Cartooning is available on the First Second Web site.
• A downloadable storytime suggestions PDF, including props, activities, and a coloring sheet, for the Imaginary Garden is available on the Kids Can Web site.
• A guide for using poetry in the classroom featuring Douglas Florian’s Dinothesaurus is available from the Simon & Schuster Web site.
• A  teaching guide for A Foot in the Mouth is available from Candlewick Press. Please e-mail Jenny Choy to obtain a copy.

Talking with Rick Riordan

• Rick Riordan’s Web site provides a teacher’s guide for the Percy Jackson books, Percy’s scrapbook, and activities for exploring Greek mythology.
• For more about the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and a chance to enter Disney’s The Last Olympian Sweepstakes to win a vacation for four, visit the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Web site.
• For more on Riordan’s Maze of Bones and the 39 Clues series and online game, see the official 39 Clues Web site.
• For more on Greek mythology, Riordan recommends the Theoi Greek Mythology Web site.