Ordering Info for Classrooms and Libraries
Order direct by calling Tanglewood Press at 1.800.836.4994, or fax at 412.741.0609. Please note, to receive a teacher or library discount, you will need to order by phone at the present time. For orders outside the U.S., please call 412.741.1579.
Order from your favorite Independent bookseller. Many of them have special discounts and services for teachers. To find the store closest to you, visit Booksense.com.
Many wholesalers supply Tanglewood Press books. Order from Baker and Taylor, Brodart, BWI, Follett Library Resources, Ingram and Mackin.
Resources
Don't forget to visit the Book Activities
page on this site - you'll find downloadable activities and ideas
for many of our books there.
Listed below you'll find curriculum guides, lesson plans and web links to various resources that will support using Tanglewood press titles in your classroom or library.
Audrey Penn
The Kissing Hand series
There are activities on this website to use with young children. Click here for activities about The Kissing Hand.
Teachers have created many wonderful lesson plans and educational activities using The Kissing Hand. Here are links to some of them:
Other Picture Books by Audrey Penn
A.D.D Not B.A.D helps children understand the dynamics of Attention Deficit Disorder. The website ADD in School provides information about modifying your teaching with ADHD students; room set-up to accommodate students; and ideas to help ADHD students with organization and social skills. Resources for parents are also included.
In the story The Whistling Tree a young girl learn about her Cherokee roots. These websites have a wealth of information about the rich Cherokee heritage:
The Blackbeard Quartet
There is a curriculum guide for Mystery at Blackbeard's Cove on this site. The Language Arts section covers reading comprehension, vocabulary and literary analysis. Social Science questions and essay topics are also included. This curriculum guide is intended for use with middle grade students.
Here are some selected web sites about Blackbeard and pirates of the Eastern Seaboard:
- Blackbeard the Pirate
History and facts about Blackbeard with a focus on the presumed wreck of the Queen Anne's Revenge
- Pirates!
This National Geographic site includes an educational game, facts about different pirates, including Blackbeard
- Pirate Map
In this lesson, students will learn the reasons pirates frequented certain areas, taking into account the relationship between piracy and the slave trade. For Grades 3-5.
- Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate of the Atlantic
Students will acquire information about Blackbeard through primary resources and apply their knowledge to create a newspaper article concerning his life. For Grade 4.
More information about Audrey Penn
- Read a biography of Audrey Penn.
- Listen to an interview with Audrey Penn
- For more about Audrey Penn, and information about her educational series, The Writing Penn, visit her official site .
Tanglewood Author and Illustrator Websites
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