Free Digital Download of 'Terabithia'
By SLJ Staff -- School Library Journal, 8/19/2008 12:36:00 PM
Listen up Katherine Paterson fans: Now until September 31, librarians and teachers can download the first two chapters of an audio version of Bridge to Terabithia for free, along with a sample lesson plan that focuses on the use of simile and metaphor.
The lesson plan is excerpted from Recorded Books’ new Playaway four-packs, which offer four popular audio titles with an accompanying CD-ROM filled with detailed lesson plans, project ideas, handouts, worksheets, and quizzes for each title.
In addition to Bridge to Terabithia (HarperCollins, 1977), the middle school four-pack includes Gennifer Choldenko’s Al Capone Does My Shirts (Putnam, 2004), Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Among the Hidden (S & S, 1998), and Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins (Houghton, 1960).
Playaways are small, hand-held digital players that are preloaded with audiobooks, and pairing them with print books is a great way to motivate readers.
