Kathryn P. Carter

Broschiertes Buch

Lizzie B. Hayes and the Great Camp Caper

Beschreibung

Lizzie B. Hayes and the Great Camp Caper, is a middle grade children's fiction chapter book. It is the second book in the popular Lizzie B. Hayes series. Through historical fiction, KP Carter shares childhood coming of age stories about life in the 1960's. After the 1967 rebellion in Newark NJ, Lizzie's neighborhood has changed. Still surrounded by her loving grandparents, Cousins Shu Shu and Mookie, the precocious, accident prone ten-year-old Lizzie continues to yearn for her divorced parents to be re-united. Two years later, Lizzie gets ready to leave her beloved neighborhood again during the summer of 1969. Lizzie's bad luck streak has ended, or so she thinks.Thanks to her mother's tenacity and salesmanship, Lizzie wins a Girl ScoutCookie contest. The prize is an all-expense paid two-week camp trip. For the first time, Lizzie must learn to care for herself without the protection of her loving family. While waiting to board the bus to Camp Chicktawanga, Lizzie encounters one of the grouchiest girls she has ever met. After just one look at "sour-lemon sucking face" girl, Lizzie decides to stay out of her way. Unfortunately, Lizzie andCoco end up sharing a cabin. Trouble begins the moment Lizzie, Coco, and the other two cabin mates head up the dusty trail to the last cabin on the left. As soon as they reach the cabin, Coco starts to bully Lizzie. On the way to an overnight hike, Lizzie and Coco get separated from the rest of the campers and may have to spend the night in the woods. Will Lizzie and Coco work together to survive in the wilderness? What is the real reason Coco bullies everyone - especially Lizzie? Lizzie B. Hayes and the Great Camp Caper addresses such difficult topics as bullying, aggression, and inappropriate teasing. Similar to Jacqueline Woodson's Each Kindness and Trudy Ludwig's Just Kidding, young readers learn valuable lessons about these behaviors and how to manage their own interactions.

Autor

Kathryn P. Carter (KP), #theliteracywhisperer, is a literacy advocate, educator, author, and speaker. KP holds a BA in Elementary Education from Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, and a MEd from Kutztown State University, Kutztown, PA. Throughout her 35-year career in education, KP became a certified Reading Specialist, Supervisor, and School Administrator. Initially, KP served as a per-diem substitute teacher. She went on to become a successful junior high and elementary school teacher, supervisor, and administrator in several New Jersey public school districts including Montclair, Newark, and Orange. Summers were spent as an Adjunct Professor of Reading at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Lead Teacher for the Title I program in the Montclair Public Schools, and Reading Enrichment Teacher in the Project Oasis Montclair summer basketball program. KP continues to share her knowledge and skills through involvement with civic and religious organizations. After her retirement from the Orange Public Schools as Director of Language Arts and Testing, KP began the second chapter in her life. She writes and publishes children's books, presents engaging author visits, and has developed a research based interactive literacy workshop series - 10 Steps to Reading Success Progressive Parents Promoting Literacy through her business KP Carter Writes LLC. "Summertime with Lizzie B. Hayes" is KP's first middle grade book in the Lizzie B. Hayes series. Through the innocent eyes of a child, readers are introduced to a precocious accident prone eight-year old, three generations of her colorful family and, the summer of 1967 in Newark, NJ - the summer of the 1967 rebellion. KP uses fiction to teach about this significant time period and how children process the ups and downs of life. The second book in the series, "Lizzie B. Hayes, and the Great Camp Caper", picks up two years later. This time, Lizzie is away for two-weeks at Girl Scout camp. For the first time, she must learn to take care of herself without the supervision of adult family members and manage to deal with a bully in her cabin. Readers learn valuable lessons about such difficult topics as bullying, aggression and, inappropriate teasing and how to manage their own interactions. KP's books are sprinkled with childhood memories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: KP Carter Writes LLC
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 133g
• ISBN-13: 9780578468778
• ISBN-10: 0578468778
• Artikelnr.: 58508052