https://www.booksmart.academy/bug daily 0.75 2020-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cee9df5880cbc000150d93b/1559772841781-IIH5RGD5481YYKXMD58I/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Paloma Podcast is hosted by Fran Tirado, a writer and speaker on all things queer. https://www.booksmart.academy/about daily 0.75 2022-03-13 https://www.booksmart.academy/mrbelson2 daily 0.75 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847914069-83LTMROG2H2YB1JMZ1GS/image-asset.jpeg Mr. Belson NOT - Make it stand out. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847915436-R9WAHJ8ZSPXL521LOBA9/image-asset.jpeg Mr. Belson NOT - Make it stand out. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.booksmart.academy/home daily 1.0 2022-03-13 https://www.booksmart.academy/second-third-grade daily 0.75 2023-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f080b803a7e8d51d5d042fc/1618734639545-G36A320JMM6NWB0HGZJG/charlotte%27s+web.jpg Second-Third Grade - Charlotte’s Web Some Pig. These are the words in Charlotte’s web, high in the barn. Her spider web tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern . . . who loves Wilbur too. “What the book is about is friendship on earth, affection and protection, adventure and miracle, life and death, trust and treachery, pleasure and pain, and the passing of time. As a piece of work it is just about perfect, and just about magical in the way it is done.” Eudora Welty, NYT Book Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f080b803a7e8d51d5d042fc/1618732960359-OCUVJGE1LTUANBOZ65XP/ramona+quimby+age+8+COVER.jpg Second-Third Grade - Ramona Quimby, Age 8 It’s Ramona's job to be nice to a rambunctious four year old while her mother works, and it’s a big responsibility! If Mom can’t work, then Dad has to quit college. On top of all that, third grade isn't turning out like Ramona expected. Danny the Yard Ape teases her, and, on one horrible day, she throws up -- at school. Being eight isn't easy, but it's never dull! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f080b803a7e8d51d5d042fc/1618737492209-XMV17XPKADYU7QT0C5EN/9780141369358.jpeg Second-Third Grade - James and the Giant Peach After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends—Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f080b803a7e8d51d5d042fc/1618733230291-LZ33E37I48XE4AMY1P7L/Ivan.jpg Second-Third Grade - The One and Only Ivan Ivan is an easy-going gorilla. Living at the mall, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. Mostly, he thinks about art. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home--and his own art--through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it's up to Ivan to make it a change for the better. https://www.booksmart.academy/fourth-fifth-grade daily 0.75 2022-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f080b803a7e8d51d5d042fc/1618735348414-DSAPRBZ9PC46XUD2V6CX/holes+4.jpg Fourth-Fifth Grade - Holes Stanley Yelnats has been unjustly sent to Camp Green Lake, a boys’ detention center where the boys “build character” by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize the boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f080b803a7e8d51d5d042fc/1618735442397-Q8A1WUI23NBJ8S9BHP8C/bridge+2.jpg Fourth-Fifth Grade - Bridge to Terabithia Jess Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys' side and outruns everyone. A friendship is born, and soon Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. 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Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta and her family, and her neighbors and friends are all prisoners in their own city. But one day, Gerta gets a secret message from her father: she must tunnel beneath the wall, out of East Berlin. However, if she is caught, the consequences will be deadly. No one can be trusted. 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