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This educational website has been built for teachers ... by a teacher who has over 22 years of teaching experience in the United States and overseas. It is not a large educational company, instead it is the creation and work of one teacher who loves our profession ... Heidi McDonald. "What makes this teaching website unique?" Unique Book Report Projects Uniquely shaped book report projects that will engage your students in responding to literature. Click below for more information about: Book Report Templates and Projects Fun Cooperative Group Projects Extra large cooperative group projects based on popular novels that your students have read together in class. Click below for more information about: Teaching Resources for Books Creative Writing Templates Writing templates in unique shapes that will guide your students through all of the steps of the writing process. 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Keep up to date on the latest: - New resources on the site - 50% Off Sales - Seasonal lesson plan ideas - Seasonal writing prompts - Inspiring quotes - News for teachers - Teaching contests to enter "It's not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted." ~ Linda Conway - Charlie & the Choc. Factory - The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me - The Enormous Crocodile - ESIO TROT - Character Body Project (shown above) - 25+ Book Report Projects - The Giving Tree - How the Grinch Stole Christmas - First Day Jitters - Stellaluna - Other Favorite Books I have been buying your unique teaching resources for a few years now, and I just love them! My students are much more engaged in doing book reports as well as other creative writing assignments because of you. Thank you. Name: Marla (Grade 4) From: New Jersey, U.S.A. Hi Heidi. I just want t say that my class is year one in Australia and they just love all of your work. We use your book report projects religiously and it has made my teaching and the students' learning improve by about 100%. The students just love it. Thank you so much for your help. Name: Catherine (Year 1) From: Australia. Hi there! I just found your website through Pinterest, and I am looking forward to using your book reports that I just bought to help motivate my fifth grade students! Thanks for putting these out there. I'm a relatively new teacher and need all the help I can get! Name: Noell (Grade 5) From: Illinois, U.S.A. I just wanted to update you my purchases. We love them!! We started working on our STAR book reports this week for "Frindle" It is working out great! I think we will do the CHARACTER book report for our social studies book, "The Kid Who Ran For President." I love, love, love your products and they are so organized and easy to create! Name: Stephanie (Grade 4) From: New York, U.S.A. What a delightful and informative site!!! 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Your powerpoints made me look great in front of my principal. She is now sharing your website with other teachers on our staff. Keep up the great work. Name: Carole (Grade 3) From: Utah, U.S.A. Heidi, I just had to write and let you know that your website has helped me create the most awesome author study of Roald Dahl's books. My students loved completing the big animal shaped projects you designed for The Enormous Crocodile, Esio Trot, and The Giraffe, and the Pelly and Me. For the final project, they had so much fun writing and drawing about the characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory using your Willy Wonka Factory project. Thanks for sharing your scrumdiddlyumptious ideas ! Name: Jennifer (Grade 4) From: California, U.S.A. I can honestly say that I have never had such great results from children with a book report as I did using this wanted poster book report activity. I was blown away and the parents who have seen the finished projects were amazed too. Thank you! 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I feel so fortunate to have found your website and I have referred several of my co-workers to your website. Just for the month of January, there were three teachers displaying your book reports. I had the trophy reports, my neighbor to the left had the computer reports, and my neighbor to the right had the birthday cake reports. Thank you so very much for all of your work! Name: Mary (Grade 4) From: New York, U.S.A. I just wanted to say thank you for the most amazing teaching resources that I have ever come across in my thirty years of teaching. I have used many of your book report sets this year and my students absolutely loved them. What was particularly pleasing was seeing some of my reluctant readers (especially the boys) really wanting to read books and complete the activities. Keep up the great work! Name: Margaret (Grade 5) From: Victoria, Australia My students are working on their Charlie and Chocolate Factory projects that I bought on your website. 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