Books with author Phyllis Jean Perry

Use popular fiction to attract students to great nonfiction (expository text) about science. Focusing on the general theme of water, this resource provides webs that lead from popular fiction titles to a variety of related nonfiction titles that will generate interest and build in-depth scientific knowledge for thematic studies. Detailed summaries of books and student activities across the content field motivate young readers and help busy educators implement a multidisciplinary approach.

Focusing on animals, a subject of intense fascination for young students, this book helps educators build learning across the curriculum. It contains four sections-animals as pets, animals on the farm, animals in the woods, and animals in the wild. In each section the author describes subject-specific fiction and nonfiction materials and other books that will help readers make the transition from fiction to nonfiction. Plot summaries, discussion topics, and student projects help develop library research skills and link language arts to science, math, social studies, and the arts. Books cited were selected by children's librarians and published within the last 10 years. Grades K-5.

Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS......... TOO MANY SECRETS … Should she tell? It all changes when a fire breaks out in the middle of the night, destroying her home… Meg was looking forward to the winter holidays before returning to her last semester at Foothills Middle School where she hopes to be chosen as a cheerleader. To avoid changing schools, Meg finds a way to stay in town while the rest of the family moves in with her grandparents. She will live with old Mrs. Coles in her mansion on the hill. But secrets weigh on Meg. Her brother has a secret as to the cause of the fire. Mrs. Coles keeps information about her health from her daughter. And Meg’s secret involves the robbery of Mrs. Coles’ silver. Which secrets should she keep… which should be revealed? A story for teens and tweens…

.TOO MANY SECRETS …Should she tell?It all changes when a fire breaks out in the middle of the night, destroying her home…Meg was looking forward to the winter holidays before returning to her last semester at Foothills Middle School where she hopes to be chosen as a cheerleader.To avoid changing schools, Meg finds a way to stay in town while the rest of the family moves in with her grandparents. She will live with old Mrs. Coles in her mansion on the hill. But secrets weigh on Meg. Her brother has a secret as to the cause of the fire. Mrs. Coles keeps information about her health from her daughter. And Meg’s secret involves the robbery of Mrs. Coles’s silver. Which secrets should she keep… which should be revealed?A story for teens and tweens…

WONDER WORLD Summer vacation holds little promise for Oliver. Offered a thirteenth birthday present of joining his grandmother for a vacation in Great Britain, he quickly accepts. With only several children and some unpromising adults, too late he realizes there are few others on the tour with whom he can make friends. In England, Scotland, and Wales, Oliver finds friends in unpredictable places. He and eighty-year old Mr. Hahn spend time together, and he finds an ally in the Scots bus driver when he seeks to meet a popular British band. He achieves hero status when he fearlessly races after a thief and recovers a purse stolen outside York Cathedral. By the time the Wonder World tour ends, Oliver has discovered that friends can be young or old and that friendship is forged in the most unexpected ways. Friendship is a grand adventure...

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called geocaches or caches, anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook where the geocacher enters the date found and signs it with established code name. Plastic storage containers may hold items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaches are currently placed in over two hundred countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica, and the International Space Station. After more than twelve years of activity, there are nearly two million active geocaches published on various online sites. Some estimates suggest there are more than five million geocachers worldwide. HIDDEN AWAY, a story about geocaching and skateboarding, is intended for all enthusiasts and the young at heart, but particularly those aged 10-14.

SLUGGER MOUSE features Fritter Musculus and his family of mice who live beneath the stage at Lincoln High School. Friterr's mother, Viola, shredded a word-a-day calendar and not only made a soft nest but developed a huge vocabulary. His sister, Jennifer also loves big words,, but Fritter is a sports fan. He' wants to create a baseball field, find the necessary equipment, and form a league of baseball teams. His plans are delayed when he and Jennifer get locked in a violin case and carried off to a student's house. Once they escape, they pick up a friend as they pass through the zoo on their way home. In spite of Old Tom, the cat, and other obstacles, Fritter forms his baseball teams and leads his relatives and friends through many adventures along the way.