Because of Winn Dixie

• Author : Kate DiCamillo
• Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
• Release : 08 December 2015

An unforgettable first novel about coming of age one sweet summer—and learning to love what you have. The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket—and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie

• Author : Kate DiCamillo
• Publisher : Turtleback Books
• Release : 01 March 2001

For use in schools and libraries only. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big, ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

• Author : Kate DiCamillo
• Publisher : Candlewick Press
• Release : 08 September 2009

A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America's beloved storyteller. One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just

• Author : BookCaps,Kate DiCamillo
• Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
• Release : 07 July 2022

The perfect companion to Kate Dicamillo’s "Because of Winn-Dixie," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and are not meant to be purchased as alternatives to reading the book. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or

• Author : Tracy Pearce
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release : 01 November 2014

Because of Winn-Dixie: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities to support this award-winning children's favorite. This guide is the perfect tool to aid young readers in analyzing and comprehending this inspiring story. Students will learn how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of this Newbery Honor book.

• Author : Kate DiCamillo
• Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
• Release : 01 September 2020

Revisit Kate DiCamillo's beloved first novel with a beautiful twentieth-anniversary edition featuring an introduction by Ann Patchett. "This book is (I hope) a hymn of praise to dogs, friendship, and the South," Kate DiCamillo said of her best-selling debut novel, which has been awarded a Newbery Honor, translated into nearly thirty languages, and turned into a major motion picture. The story of a preacher's daughter named Opal whose life is transformed by a scruffy dog named Winn-Dixie continues to touch

• Author : Amy Lubben,Rozanne Lanczak Williams
• Publisher : Creative Teaching Press
• Release : 01 January 2007

Practical and creative activities to develop essential skills.

• Author : Kate DiCamillo
• Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
• Release : 01 March 2015

See below for English description. Grâce à Winn-Dixie, le chien qui sourit, Opal, une nouvelle venue au village, réussit à se créer un cercle d'amis, parmi lesquels elle trouve espoir et réconfort. When 10-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, she doesn't know what to expect -- least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they met. Right away, Opal knows she can tell Winn-Dixie anything --

• Author : Rita Soltan
• Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
• Release : 07 July 2022

Offering 100 ready-made book club instructions for popular children's and YA titles, this guide provides comprehensive background information needed to conduct lively book discussions for four types of family-oriented book clubs--family, mother/daughter, father/son, and readers' rap--as well as a book club for kids only. Perfect for public library programs and after-school book clubs, this is a one-stop resource, with practical, ready-made plans that can easily be adapted to multiple environments.

• Author : Eric L. Tribunella
• Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
• Release : 15 January 2010

“Coming of age” in children’s fiction often means achieving maturity through the experience of trauma. In classics ranging from Old Yeller to The Outsiders, a narrative of psychological pain defies expectations of childhood as a time of innocence and play. In this provocative new book, Eric L. Tribunella explores why trauma, especially the loss of a loved object, occurs in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed twentieth-century American fiction for children. Tribunella draws on queer theory and

• Author : Nancy J. Keane
• Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
• Release : 07 July 2022

Contains more than 160 booktalks and 330 book suggestions designed to help middle-school teachers promote fiction-reading in their classrooms.

• Author : Susan Finney
• Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
• Release : 01 March 2003

"50 engaging reproductible activity sheets, management strategies, and tips for differentiating instruction that help kids build key strategies independently"--Cover.

• Author : Sharron L. McElmeel
• Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
• Release : 07 July 2022

Profiles forty-five children's authors and illustrators, with photos, biographical sketches, bibliographies of their works, and lists of resources.

• Author : Linda J. Dorn,Carla Soffos
• Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
• Release : 01 January 2005

Discusses reading comprehension and offers ways for teachers to develop it in their students, exploring the cognitive and social aspects of comprehension while viewing it as an active process.

• Author : Kate DiCamillo
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 July 2022

When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her preacher father, she doesn't know what to expect - least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they met. Opal is lonely at first, but with such an unusually friendly dog at her side, she makes some unusual friends and discovers she has a whole lot to be thankful for.