Multigenre+Text+Examples

by Lucy Anne Hurston and the estate of Zora Neale Hurston New York : Doubleday, 2004 //Contains removable memorabilia and writing in Zora's hand, a CD of her speaking and singing, and never-before-published poems// || by Kate Klise, pictures by M. Sarah Klise New York, NY : Avon Books, 1998 //When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.// //Subsequent books in the series are written in the same multigenre manner:// Regarding the Sink//,// Regarding the Trees//,// Regarding the Bathrooms//, and// Regarding the Bees || by Kate Klise, pictures by M. Sarah Klise Orlando, FL : Harcourt, 2009 //In// Dying to Meet //You, the first book in the series, is told mostly through letters, children's book author, I.B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.// //Other books in the// 43 Old Cemetary Road //series include// Over My Dead Body //and// Til Death Do Us Bark. || by Daniel Pinkwater & Jill Pinkwater New York : Harper Collins, 2004. //Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens.// || by Jenifer Holm, pictures by Elisa Castidi, comics by Matt Holm New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007 //Told entirely through notes, grocery receipts, and a vast array of other items, this story follows 7th grade student Ginny as she gets a stepfather, deals with her two brothers, accidentally dyes her hair pink, throws live frogs in class, and loses the lead role in ballet to her ex-best friend.// || by Avi New York, NY : Orchard Books, 1991 Ninth-grade student Philip Malloy was suspended from school for singing along to //The Star-Spangled Banner// in his homeroom, causing what his teacher, Margaret Narwin, called "a disturbance." But was he standing up for his patriotic ideals, only to be squelched by the school system? Was Ms. Narwin simply trying to be a good teacher? Or could it all be just a misunderstanding gone bad—very bad? What is the truth here? Can it ever be known? || by Carolyn Keene Grosset & Dunlap, 2007
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QPQZSHT6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg width="161" height="129"]] || **Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston**
 * [[image:http://kateandsarahklise.com/Images/FOUNTAINjacket.jpg width="106" height="147"]] || **Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks**
 * [[image:http://kateandsarahklise.com/Images/DYINGTOMEETYOU.jpg width="109" height="143"]] || **Dying to Meet You**
 * [[image:http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780060535551/LC.GIF&client=703-329-7552&type=xw12&upc=&oclc=& width="113" height="155"]] || **Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story**
 * [[image:http://www.jenniferholm.com/images/books/book_meatloaf_sm.gif width="120" height="150"]] || **Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff**
 * [[image:http://www.avi-writer.com/images/bkcovers/bk_nothing_120.jpg]] || **Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel**
 * [[image:http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780448446479/LC.GIF&client=703-329-7552&type=xw12&upc=&oclc=& width="127" height="146"]] || **The Lost Files of Nancy Drew**

Styled as the diary of Nancy Drew, book features lift-the-flap illustrations, postcards, removable notes and letters that offer a glimpse into Nancy's world and highlight her favorite mysteries. || by Clint Twist Templar, 2011 Travel along the Silk Road to medieval China with Marco Polo as your guide. Meet the warlord Kublai Khan and sail through pirate-infested seas in search of riches beyond measure. || by McDermott and Berk Templar, 2010 In a scrapbook compiled for his daughter, Shakespeare describes his experiences in London and his retirement to the country in an interactive account that includes excerpts from his works. || by Wood and Twist Templar, 2009 Describes Darwin's experiences on the Beagle Expedition and the scientific discoveries that he made on the voyage. ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61btiwPsydL._SL500_AA300_.jpg width="138" height="138"]] || **Marco Polo: History's Great Adventurer**
 * [[image:http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780763647940/LC.GIF&client=703-329-7552&type=xw12&upc=&oclc=& width="111" height="137"]] || **William Shakespeare: His Life and Times**
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LySLU9b5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg width="136" height="136"]] || **Charles Darwin and the Beagle Adventure**