Eleni Gage’s North of Ithaca is a wonderful, true story of her personal journey to her family’s village Lia in Northern Greece. She travels to Greece, leaving behind her New York apartment and job as a writer. Eleni, stays one year in Lia trying to rebuild the home of her grandmother, who she never got a chance to meet.
Book description: How hot does it get on the
Sun? What really went on aboard pirate ships? What was life like for children a
hundred years ago? Hot on the heels of the best-selling Smart-opedia for
ages 8 to 12, comes Smart-opedia Junior. This cool book is designed to
provide hours of entertainment and education. Children simply open it up and
start reading about any topic that interests them.
Molly Barker is founder of the program
called, “Girls on the Run”.She began
the non-profit organization in Charlotte, North Carolina while she was a coach at CharlotteCountryDay School.Molly started the program in 1996 and today
it is in thirty-six cities and forty-one states across the country.
“Demetrios Is Now Jimmy:” Greek Immigrants in the Southern United States, 1895 to 1965
Written by Andrew Christakos
Book Review:Andrew Christakos, NC State University
Lazar “Larry” Odzak completed his studies in US History at the University of Florida.Concentrating on the twin topics of Immigration and Ethnicity, Odzak wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Greek immigrant group, as it arrived in the US in the early 1900s and specifically on its relatively small segment that settled in the southern United States.
A guide for teachers and parents: Author Michael Gurian
In Boys and Girls Learn Differently, Michael Gurian examines brain based research over a ten year period, focusing on preschool through high school aged boys and girls.
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