  This highly acclaimed series will introduce your students to beloved children's books--and whet their appetites for more. Selections have been carefully made--to offer a wide variety of style, readability and reading difficulty. The objectives are simple--to motivate students to read to teach the enjoyment of reading and to develop and improve reading skills and vocabulary. Some of the book excerpts are: "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden "Summer of My German Soldier" by Bette Greene |