Anthology of Children’s Literature

An anthology of poetry and illustrations created by the students, teachers and mentors at JC Nalle Elementary School. The poems and illustrations featured in this volume were created during the extended day After School hours. JC Nalle Community School is located in Southeast Washington DC and has been an NCCF partner for close to two decades. We hope the stories, poems and artworks contained in this book bring you the joy of reading, this and every holiday season. 

If you were to visit the Old Russia, what would you see? Open this educational book to find out! This book is filled with information that has been stripped down to the core to facilitate faster learning. It’s a cool book to have when the subject is being discussed in schools, too. Keep a copy today!

The Storming of the Bastille is said to be the official start of the French Revolution. In this history book, you’re going to learn about the events that led to the uprising of the French. Reading about historical facts will help you to create a full picture of the past, especially the struggles and victories. So go ahead and grab a copy of this book today!

The first edition of Dinarzad’s Children was a groundbreaking and popular anthology that brought to light the growing body of short fiction being written by Arab Americans. This expanded edition includes sixteen new stories —thirty in all—and new voices and is now organized into sections that invite readers to enter the stories from a variety of directions. Here are stories that reveal the initial adjustments of immigrants, the challenges of forming relationships, the political nuances of being Arab American, the vision directed towards homeland, and the ongoing search for balance and identity. The contributors are D. H. Melhem, Mohja Khaf, Rabih Alameddine, Rawi Hage, Laila Halaby, Patricia Sarrafian Ward, Alia Yunis, Diana Abu Jaber, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Samia Serageldin, Alia Yunis, Joseph Geha, May Monsoor Munn, Frances Khirallah Nobel, Nabeel Abraham, Yussef El Guindi, Hedy Habra, Randa Jarrar, Zahie El Kouri, Amal Masri, Sahar Mustafah, Evelyn Shakir, David Williams, Pauline Kaldas, and Khaled Mattawa.

Did you know that if you allow your child to learn a foreign language today, you are gearing him/her up for great societal contributions tomorrow? If you are fluent in more than one language, you can enhance your country’s economic competitiveness. You can also help to maintain security and political interests as well as promote cultural diversity. In short, you're preparing your child for greatness.

The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire.

Ever wonder what life is like as a child of Zeus?
Eight storytellers ... Nine tales ... Let the chaos begin!

Featured Contributors:

Anna Kaye-Rogers
E. W. Farnsworth
Kris McIntyre
KA Masters
Linda M. Crate
Melissa Crickard
Sammi Cox
Tyler McPherson

Did you know that folktales are more than just stories? They are powerful traditions that can influence perceptions, behavior and attitude. They are stories of magic and powerful emotions that change the lives of the heroes involved. Of course, there are villains too and from them, your child will learn about mischief and ill-will. Allow your child to weight the good versus the good. He/she will learn best that way.

Open your eyes to the truth behind the Reign of Terror. Of course, there won’t be pretty sights during these trying times but focus instead on the bravery of those who fought for what they believed in. Looking into past battles will help children better appreciate the freedom experienced today. What realization will your sixth grader have after reading this book?

This collection of poems were written based on the authors childhood experiences, creativity and reality. The variety and categories of these poems: Animals, People, Places and Things; captivates the mind and cause one to reflect on their own childhood or other experiences theyve had. There are connections that can be made, there are questions that can be asked and there are lots of motivation and inspiration that will be gained from such thought provoking, funny, stimulating and interesting verses.
The author would like you to enjoy the versatility and the creativity of this anthology of poems for children.

The romantic French language sounds so complicated and hard. This book makes sure that your kids won't feel that way when they open the cover and start the lesson. This introduction to the French language is designed to fit your children’s level of learning, patience and attention span. Don't worry, they'll love the language before they even finish this book.

Celebrating the first anniversary of Children of the Wells, Destinies Entwined is a collection of short fiction expanding the world presented in the first five novellas. Within, you’ll read about:

-The backstory of the soldier who took Calea’s arm, written before The Well’s Orphan was conceived.
-The lengths the Kyzer family went to bear Select children.
-A scientist forced into religion who has paid the greatest price for her beliefs.
-The many nights Kyrie waited alone with her thoughts.
-A clairvoyant religious zealot who gathers a community of followers.

Each story is inspired by one of the first five novellas, exploring the repercussions of the events of that novella. For the lives of soldiers and scientists and zealots are all entwined in ways one might never guess.

This collection of poems were written based on the authors childhood experiences, creativity and reality. Th e variety and categories of these poems: Animals, People, Places and Things; captivates the mind and cause one to refl ect on their own childhood or other experiences theyve had. Th ere are connections that can be made, there are questions that can be asked and there are lots of motivation and inspiration that will be gained from such thought provoking, funny, stimulating and interesting verses.
The author would like you to enjoy the versatility and the creativity of this anthology of poems for children.

Over the River and Through the Wood is the first and only collection of its kind, offering readers an unequaled view of the quality and diversity of nineteenth-century American children's poetry. Most American poets wrote for children—from famous names such as Ralph Waldo Emerson to less familiar figures like Christina Moody, an African American author who published her first book at sixteen. In its excellence, relevance, and abundance, much of this work rivals or surpasses poetry written for adults, yet it has languished—inaccessible and unread—in old periodicals, gift books, and primers. This groundbreaking anthology remedies that loss, presenting material that is both critical to the tradition of American poetry and also a delight to read.

Complemented by period illustrations, this definitive collection includes work by poets from all geographical regions, as well as rarely seen poems by immigrant and ethnic writers and by children themselves. Karen L. Kilcup and Angela Sorby have combed the archives to present an extensive selection of rediscoveries along with traditional favorites. By turns playful, contemplative, humorous, and subversive, these poems appeal to modern sensibilities while giving scholars a revised picture of the nineteenth-century literary landscape.