Describes the customs, housing, and food of the Mohawks; how they live on a daily basis; and how they are working to revive their traditions. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The unprecedented popularity of the Harry Potter books took the publishing world by storm and captured the imaginations of readers around the world. This unofficial biographical study of J. K. Rowling invites fans and critics alike to take a close look at the person behind the phenomenon, the facts of her life as a writer, and the extraordinary success of an ordinary woman...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The unprecedented popularity of the Harry Potter books took the publishing world by storm and captured the imaginations of readers around the world. This unofficial biographical study of J. K. Rowling invites fans and critics alike to take a close look at the person behind the phenomenon, the facts of her life as a writer, and the extraordinary success of an ordinary woman...read more

Product Description: From Shakespeare to Harry Potter: An Introduction to Literature for All Ages is a literature primer for ages 9 to 99. Using well-known examples from William Shakespeare, Harry Potter, and other works, the book explains important concepts in a friendly but knowledgeable way that non-experts can readily understand...read more

Product Description: Using updated scholarship and never before published primary research, this new biography peels away the myths surrounding Emily Dickinson and takes a fresh look at the complex and busy life of this genius of American letters. As a research tool, the volume is also useful for its explanation of current nomenclature for the poems, mysteries and controversies, and the poet's influence on American poetry and culture...read more

Product Description: Samuel Clemens lived 75 years, 50 under the pseudonym Mark Twain. His youth could be characterized as sometimes mischievous, his older years as generally eccentric and his writing as always provocative. Twain left a literary canon of nearly 50 books, hundreds of short stories and essays, and a veritable treasury of quotable epigrams...read more

Product Description: The brief life and meteoric career of Sylvia Plath have been the subject of fascination since her suicide in 1963 at age thirty. This concise, well-researched biography recounts the facts of her troubled life based on the latest updated research...read more

A young boy misses his father who is in New York City working on building the Empire State Building.

Over four hundred alphabetically arranged entries provide plot summaries and bibliographical information, and appendices provide lists of Caldecott medalists and honor books.

While discussing the life of the poet Robert Frost, examines the works written during certain periods of his life, such as 'Stopping by Woods,' 'The Gift Outright,' and 'Mending Wall.'

Presents alphabetically arranged entries on Rowling's characters, settings, motifs, spells, and magical creatures; as well as the people, places, and events that shaped her life and writings.

An introduction to literature and literary criticism for middle and high school students includes clear explanations of literary techiques and styles designed to make the great works of literature more accessible to young readers.