Anna's World is a captivating story based on solid research about mid-1840s America—daily life, political issues, and historical characters. The manuscript was checked by Shaker scholars for historical accuracy. For ages 8 and up, also enjoyed by older teens and adults.

• The study guide includes notes about the authors, the story, and the inspiration, a character list, 25 discussion questions, and suggestions for research topics on the book's themes, imagery, character development, historical elements, and the Shakers.
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• More information about the history behind the story, notes on utopias, the Mexican War, and the Shakers.
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• Read selections from two chapters. Download excerpts

Included in the Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader quiz program.

"Well written … good character development.… An excellent ancillary choice for social-studies classes."—School Library Journal

Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin have written, edited, or contributed to more than 60 books for educational publishers, mostly on topics in history, mythology, and literature. They have also written textbooks, study guides, classroom activities, and test prep materials.

Their books and plays for young readers are in many school and public library collections, on required or recommended school reading lists, and included in quiz programs such as Renaissance and Scholastic. Their plays, articles, and stories have appeared in AppleSeeds and READ magazines.

Coleman and Perrin also write books and plays for adults. Their mainstream publications have appeared in foreign translations and have been taught in several major university courses.

For more about the authors and to visit their websites click here.

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Adventures in myths and legends from around the world show two middle-schoolers the importance of the stories we tell. The Red Monocle series is written by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin, whose publications include four books of retold myths and legends, contributions to two reference books on mythology, an imaginative investigation of unicorns, and a book of original myth-based plays.

The Taker and the Keeper introduces the King Arthur legend and considers what our culture owes to the concept of chivalry. To be released in October 2009; downloadable files are available now.

Payshapes and the Bear is a collection of bilingual stories, with Spanish and English on facing pages.

"A must for any bilingual children's fiction collection."
—Midwest Book Review, July 2009

Payshapes author Lucina Kathmann is a novelist, short story writer, journalist, and essayist in Spanish and English. She is an an International Vice President of International PEN

For more about this author click here.

The Chiron program will include videos for classroom and home use.
To learn what's in the works, visit Videos.

Here are direct links to classroom videos by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin that you can use right now:

How the West was Made (Up) Wild Bill Hickock explains how dime novels, stage plays, and outdoor extravaganzas helped create the "Wild West" that we know today. A downloadable file includes a cast list, research suggestions, ideas to consider, and a worksheet.

Sequoyah and his Talking Leaves An excerpt from Wim's classroom play about the brilliant Native American who invented a written form of the of the Cherokee language—a syllabary.

God's Substitute Wim Coleman and Kathy Snodgrass perform a one-act from Wim’s book, Plays on Ideas, in which Shakespeare and Elizabeth I discuss freedom of expression, the divine right of monarchs, and the looming specter of democracy.

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