Volunteering

Do you know of a teenager who is asking about volunteering ideas in school or in their community? Volunteering will give them ideas.

This easy-to-read introduction to volunteering includes mini-quizzes, asking the reader what their interests are in order to help them find the right area in which to volunteer.

Available in both library and paperback editions, this series also includes titles on driving, community service careers, stress, friendship, fashion, and using technology.

Happy Birthday Emily Dickinson

Today would have been Emily Dickinson's 180th birthday! That's a lot of candles!

Considered a very important poet in American literature, Emily Dickinson's work expressed a dark pessimism, reflecting the alienation of many American intellectuals after the Civil War. In this Student's Guide to Emily Dickinson, the career of this literary giant is examined, with special emphasis placed on curriculum-related poems.