Books with author Carolea Williams

Emma Field has dreams and desires that call her to go beyond her father’s struggle to survive as an immigrant in Canada West in the 1840s. With the love of her Quaker neighbours and her own courage, she takes her first tentative steps at understanding the world around her. Emma Field, Book One, is a story of birth and death; and of the stirrings of body and soul, the desire for beauty, the ache of loneliness, the drive for independence and the pain of envy. It is a story of love and dignity, and of the power of taking risks.

Includes over 300 colorful photo cards printed on cardstock and ready to use. No coloring, cutting, or reproducing required. Children sort the cards by identifying the sounds they hear. No reading skills required. Sorting activities are organized by seven phonemic awareness skills, such as rhyming words recognition, syllable counting, and phoneme isolation. 16-page teacher guide includes activity ideas and phonemic awareness assessment. Grades PreK-1

Carol Lynch Willams' The Chosen One is a dazzling novel about a young teenager's rebellion from the polygamist cult that would have her become the seventh wife to her 60-year-old uncle Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters, with two more on the way. That is, without questioning them much---if you don't count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle---who already has six wives---Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.

Caity and her sister Kara get along pretty well, considering their home life. By sticking together and staying out of their mother's way, they manage to make it to school on time, get meals together, and protect one another from their mother's terrifying and seemingly random verbal and physical attacks. A few sympathetic friends, like Brandon from next door, make a big difference. But when their mother storms out of the house with a suitcase and doesn't come back, they have to face a new reality--they can't cope entirely on their own for long. Yet, as Caity comes to realize, there is a lot they can do to take control of their future. This sensitively written novel deals frankly with parental abuse, but is ultimately about the resilience and resourcefulness of young people who beat the odds.

For as long as she can remember, Sarah’s family life has revolved around her twin sister, Annie—the pretty one, the social one, the girl who can do anything. The person everyone seems to wish Sarah—with her crippling shyness—could simply become.When Annie suddenly chops off her hair, quits beauty pageants, and gains weight, the focus changes—Annie is still the star of the family, but for all the wrong reasons. Sarah knows something has happened, but she too is caught in her own spiral after her boyfriend breaks up with her and starts hanging out with one of Annie’s old friends.Annie is intent on keeping her painful secret safe. But when she and Sarah start spending time together again for the first time in years, walls start to break on both sides … and words that had been left unsaid could change everything.

Includes over 400 colorful photo and word cards to identify, sort, and categorize. Photo and word cards are organized by 30 themes, such as In the Garden, Farm Fun, Sports, I Can Fly, Animals, and Let's Cook. Children can sort photos only (no reading required) or match word and photo cards to connect concepts to print. Perfect for English language learners. 16-page teacher guide includes activity ideas and thematic literature connections. Grades PreK-2

Includes 80 sight word cards and over 200 full-color photo cards printed on sturdy cardstock. Cards punch out easily and are ready to use! Students can create, read, and write over 150 sight word sentences to build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students are challenged to monitor their understanding of the text by making appropriate word choices to complete the sentence frames. Includes 48-page teacher guide with handy reproducibles and teaching tips.

Carol Lynch Willams' The Chosen One is a dazzling novel about a young teenager's rebellion from the polygamist cult that would have her become the seventh wife to her 60-year-old uncle Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters, with two more on the way. That is, without questioning them much---if you don't count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle---who already has six wives---Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.PLUS SPECIAL BONUS CONTENT: FIRST CHAPTER "SNEAK PEEK" OF CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS'S MILES FROM ORDINARY."Imagine Anna Quindlen or Sue Miller turning her attention to writing a young adult novel, and you have an idea what [Williams] has done for early teen readers…" --Audrey Couloumbis, author of the Newbery Honor Book Getting Close to BabyThirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother's ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much better these days, and they really do need the money. But as the hours tick by and memories come flooding back, a day full of hope spins terrifyingly out of control...."No one can get inside the head and heart of a 13-year-old girl better than Carol Lynch Williams, and I mean no one," said James S. Jacobs, Professor of Children's Literature at Brigham Young University, of her breakout novel, The Chosen One. Now this award-winning YA author brings us an equally gripping story of a girl who loves her mother, but must face the truth of what life with that mother means for both of them.

Games You Can Play on a Checkerboard Carol Lynch Williams The latest in the successful children's activity series, Games You Can Play on a Checkerboard teaches kids how to use a plain old checkerboard and pieces to play 24 different new games! All the pieces needed to play these games are included, as well as easy-to-follow instructions. Impress friends and family by turning the checkerboard into a frontier for inventive new games. Games include The Coyote and the Chickens, Box the Fox, Wolf and Goats, Fox and Geese, Horseshoe, Catching the Pigs, Hey! Get Outta My Line, Leap Frog, Solitaire Pyramid Checkers, and checkerboard games from other countries! Directions for 24 different games (20090428)

Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters. That is, without questioning them much - if you don't count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle - who already has six wives - Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.