![]() He is true to history and culture while portraying real human emotions. Nathaniel depicts the truths, and spotlights the flaws in our perception of the period back then. ![]() They gave up so much just for the promise of a new life, new government and freedom for their religion. His story spans from early 1608 to the fall of 1676 setting the tone for us to view the human lives strengths and frailties, that our fore-fathers suffered and fought. I would have enjoyed history much more in school with his definitive work. He took fact-finding to whole new level by telling a story from actual archives of history. He blends the challenges the Pilgrims endured, and their adventures with the Natives, into a textbook culture of their times unfolding a story of courage, intrigue, deception, and greed. He successfully took our simple understanding of the original voyage on the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving, and turned it into a colorfully woven tapestry illustrated for the enjoyment of any age reader. The Mayflower and the Pilgrims’ New World is an adaptation of that original work for young readers. Nathaniel Philbrick is the winner of the National Book Award for his nonfiction work on the Mayflower and earned an impressive fourteen Best Books accolades in 2006 for the same. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She is an angel.he is a carbon copy of evil. ![]() She was heart broken and he was badly injured. I know better than to give in to temptation of femininity.Ī ruthless man doesn’t let a soul like her, close to him.Ī cold-hearted man doesn't let a little bird twist his decisions.Ī powerful man with a beautiful woman at his mercy… he doesn’t fall for her. Her innocence and vulnerability make me weak for her and I despise it. She sees through me in a way no one else ever has. ![]() I didn't know she would change everything. Given to me in a war ,to begin a war I was too eager to accept. Women like her are made to destroy men like me. I should have known she would ruin me the moment I saw her. Until Zander king returns like an inevitable storm and tips my chin up and again life takes another turn. įor a long time that felt like an eternity ![]() I ran into his enemy and lived a horror worst than death. I've been ripped from my life and given to a criminal the whole city fears by my father and only man I trusted in the world as a debt repayment with blames of crimes I never committed!Īnd then I ran into a aviary of freedom thinking I will be free ,only you can't be free once you enter a Mafia's life. I'm not the hero in your fairytale, songbird. ![]() ![]() Gemma promises to help Tansy with the bookstore's finances if they take a trip down the aisle. But Gemma is actually in need of a partner since she can only access her inheritance if she's married, so Tansy's lie could work in both of their favors. ![]() ![]() That is until real-life Gemma appears at the bookstore, threatening to blow up Tansy's whole story. To get her family off her back about her relationship status, she pretends to date Gemma, the gorgeous book cover model she's sure she'll never actually encounter in real life. Despite being surrounded by romance novels at her family's bookstore daily, Tansy Adams has always struggled with real-life relationships. ![]() ![]() ![]() She wants to convey the sense of wonder that she has in the subjects she explores. She is inspired by the possibility that something she writes might be a child's first introduction to a subject. Susan Goodman feels that good informational books can help children become aware that the world is an exciting place. Those same adjectives can be applied to her books. Some words to describe Susan Goodman are: funny, curious, vivacious, irreverent, challenging, ambitious, friendly, articulate, and full of wonder. ![]() While there are many nonfiction books available for children, many are not particularly well-written and do not open doors to new areas of interest for young readers as Susan Goodman's books do. ![]() We look at photographs and read captions. We sometimes do that reading out of order, scanning through unwanted information. When reading nonfiction, we tend to browse first and read later if at all. The skills needed for reading and writing nonfiction are not the same as those for works of fiction. Even though most standardized tests demand that students write an expository essay on a given subject, we tend to ignore one of the best sources of expository writing that can serve as examples for young learners: well-written informational books. Goodman.Īlthough nonfiction books are often the first choice of readers of all ages, educators tend to assume that such books are all pretty much of a kind, differing only in level of reading difficulty. We're devoting this newsletter to works of nonfiction and, in particular, to books written by Susan E. ![]() |