MATERIALS FOR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS

RULES Discussion Guide (click to download)

RULES Reproducible Worksheets (click to download)

"A Librarian's Introduction to Rules" – In this brief audio program, Maine Librarian Connie Burns introduces Rules, including an excerpt from the audiobook performed by Jessica Almasy (2006, Recorded Books).  Click here to go to the Maine Humanities Council website.

Writing Rules: Fabulous Tips from Middle-grade Authors (click to download)

Interview links: click here.

 
 
Hot Rod Hamster Teacher's Guide (click to download)

Touch Blue Teacher's Guide (click to download)

Play Touch Blue Jeopardy with your students!
http://jeopardylabs.com/play/touch-blue
 

Interviews:
 
Interview about Touch Blue with Teenreads.com
 
BookPage Interview with Cynthia Lord on Touch Blue
 
Straight from the Jar (Ingrid Law's blog)
 
Sarah Laurence's Blog

My Maine Island Tour:  In October 2010, I was invited to do a tour for Touch Blue with Island Readers and Writers, a wonderful organization that connects Maine authors and illustrators with Maine island students. You can read about my visit to four Maine island schools through my blog entries:
 
Frenchboro, (the real island that once took in foster children to save their school)
Frenchboro Island School
Islesboro Central School
North Haven Community School
Vinalhaven Island School

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