This collection of passages for Grade 3 provides students with close reading practice. Some stories have been around forever. Folktales your grandparents may have heard from your great-grandparents were passed to your parents, and now to you. The tales in this book teach us important lessons. What can we learn from a chipmunk, a tortoise, and a poplar tree? Oh, they have much wisdom to share. Read these stories closely to discover their message. Maybe one day you will share these tales with your children, too. Also included are places to pause and reflect on the text and opportunities to respond to the reading.

In dire need of a stout dose of sound advice? Shake the doldrums and get back on track by dipping into W. A. Clouston's fascinating Book of Wise Sayings. Bringing together bon mots and aphorisms from around the world, this volume can soothe the soul in troubled times or provide philosophical fodder for a lively discussion.

How can we get beyond perceived barriers and find in the Old Testament the speech of God for today? What do we do with the battles, the worldview, the wonders and wrath of God? Holladay offers clear guidance for these and a host of other questions and topics in this most useful book which functions as an innovative introduction to the Old Testament and its theology.

This collection of passages for Grade 5 provides students with close reading practice. What do a family of Larks, a little fern, and the donkey ears of Midas have to do with us and our world today? Read these folktales from long, long ago to see how this wisdom from way back is still relevant and useful as we solve modern-day problems. Which lesson speaks to you most profoundly? How can it make a difference in your own life? Read the passages closely to answer these questions. Also included are places to pause and reflect on the text and opportunities to respond to the reading.