Considering using James McBride's autobiography/memoir The Color of Water with your class? Check out this seven-page informational packet that includes background information on McBride, the organization pattern of the book, and...

Here is a nice set of activities and discussion questions to accompany your class reading of No Pretty Pictures, a memoir of a young girl's experiences and struggle for survival during the Holocaust.

The Cay has been criticized by groups such as the Council on Interracial Books for Children because of the way race is portrayed. Explore the argument against the book while taking the author's perspective into account. Class members...

The Chilean author Isabel Allende's official website--includes biographical information as well as summaries and reviews of her work. The site also contains a list of awards, a photo gallery, and other resources.

This PBS site follows undercover journalist Nellie Bly (1864-1922) on her 72-day journey in 1889 around the world.