Tonight nineteen-year-old William Lavery is dressed for success, his first black-tie do. It's the Midlands Chapter of the Institute of Embalmers Ladies' Night Dinner Dance, and William is taking Gloria in her sequined evening gown. He can barely believe his luck.\nBut as the guests sip their drinks and smoke their post-dinner cigarettes a telegram delivers news of a tragedy. An event so terrible it will shake the nation. It is October 1966 and a landslide at a coal mine has buried a school: Aberfan.\nWilliam decides he must act, so he stands and volunteers to attend. It will be his first job, and will be - although he's yet to know it - a choice that threatens to sacrifice his own happiness. His work that night will force him to think about the little boy he was, and the losses he has worked so hard to bury. But compassion can have surprising consequences, because - as William discovers - giving so much to others can sometimes help us heal ourselves.

A Terrible Kindness: The Bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club Pick

Literature & Fiction

Browning-Wroe, Jo

Genre Fiction

Faber&Faber

True stories of how real people have overcome adversity hold students’ interest and send a message of hope! Build confidence and reading skills as children listen to the CD and follow along with the text before reading on their own. Includes comprehension activities such as puzzles, word searches, creative art, and writing projects. Supports NCTE, NCSS, and IRA standards.

Articles About Amazing Athletes (High-Interest/Low-Readability)

Education & Teaching

Flora M.S., Sherrill B.

Schools & Teaching

Key Education Publishing

Comic-book style and superhero themes keep students reading to find out how time-traveling Lizzie Blizzard and mystery-solving Miles Masters save the Earth! Build confidence and reading skills as children listen to the CD and follow along with the text be

Miles and Lizzie Save the Earth (High-Interest/Low-Readability)

Improve the self-confidence of reluctant and struggling readers using 10 fairy tales rewritten as readers’ theater scripts! Every script can become an entire class production by using the group readings, or the scripts can be used successfully with small groups. Reading levels are provided for every story character and the group readings, allowing you to assign roles according to your students individual reading abilities. Includes prop and costume suggestions, activities, and a resource guide. Supports NCTE standards.
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Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line; comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials; is designed to assist in “Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.”

Fairy Tale Readers’ Theater, Grades 2 - 6 (High-Interest/Low-Readability)

Children's Books

Arts, Music & Photography

An effective bridge to emergent literacy, storytelling builds vocabulary, promotes phonological awareness, increases fluency in oral language, strengthens sequencing abilities, and so much more! Included are 15 of the most popular fairy tales—such as Rapunzel, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Gingerbread Man, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Little Red Riding Hood—to promote the development of early literacy, listening, and language skills. A comprehensive teacher's guide for each fairy tale and hundreds of reproducible patterns and story illustrations are also included.

The Best Storytelling Book Ever!

Capture the interest of disinterested or below-average readers with Trendy Topics: Fiction. Fifteen high-interest/low-readability stories will entice children to read about adventures, mysteries, and ghosts and other mythical creatures. For reading levels 2.3–2.8 and interest levels 7–12. Audio CDs with reproducible printouts of comprehension activities are included. The book features 128 pages and an audio CD is also included.

Trendy Topics: Fiction (High-Interest/Low-Readability)

Capture the interest of disinterested or below-average readers with Trendy Topics: Nonfiction. Fifteen high-interest/low-readability stories will entice children to read about animals, heroes, bizarre events, crazy world records, and more. For reading levels 2.3–2.8 and interest levels 7–12. Audio CDs with reproducible printouts of comprehension activities are included. The book features 128 pages and an audio CD is also included.

Trendy Topics: Nonfiction (High-Interest/Low-Readability)

Make manners matter to special-education students in pre-kindergarten–grade 5 using Remember Your Manners! This 160-page book is effective for students with autism and Asperger's syndrome and helps reinforce essential social skills. It includes 15 reproducible stories and 35 teaching posters, activities, role-play ideas, and guided questions. The stories and activities reinforce those important magic words, making friends, mealtime manners, phone etiquette, good sportsmanship, good citizenship, kindness, honesty, responsibility, showing respect, and self-control. Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line―comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials―is designed to assist in “Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.”

Remember Your Manners, Grades PK - 5

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Instill a love of language in special-education students in kindergarten-grade 2 using 50 Sight Word Rhymes and Poems! This 128-page book encourages students to learn 120 essential sight words while increasing fluency and comprehension. Reading becomes fun through a variety of engaging activities, including 50 poems and rhymes. The book also includes four levels of sight words and is effective for use with whiteboards! Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line―comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials―is designed to assist in “Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.”

50 Sight Word Rhymes and Poems, Grades K - 2

Barrington Stoke Secondary Reading Age 6

Barrington Stoke Ltd

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