Books In the Middle Podcast
Looking for booktalks for middle school students? Look no farther than this podcast. Browse through the many titles in all different genres for just the right title to get your students inspired, excited and racing to the library for a copy of the book. Looking for written reviews for more titles? Check out the blog Booksinthemiddle.Wordpress.com to expand your own library and give students more options. New episodes typically release every Monday, however during the summer months, they will release every other week or so. Enjoy!
Books In the Middle Podcast
The Fairy Ring by Mary Losure (Nonfiction)
December 28, 2020
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Tasha Squires
The Fairy Ring or Elsie and Frances Fool the World By Mary Losure
It was just to stop their parents from teasing them, really. Frances who was 9 and Elsie, who was 15 were cousins, living in the same house while Frances’ father was off fighting in World War I. Frances saw fairies and little men out behind the cottage, and Elsie said she saw them too. And so one day, Elsie asked to borrow her father’s camera to try to take some pictures of the fairies. Thus began a hoax that lasted for decades.
Recommended for grades 6 and up.