Silkworm is an eclectic mix of poetry with characters ranging from the innocense of a small, delayed child to the crime scene of a serial murder. Inside there are words arranged poetically to describe the intense love one feels for another. It is then also for those who have felt the pain of loosing someone of great importance in their life. There are poems written about the triumph of the people in our world labled outcasts as well as the journey through lack of desire for life and celebration of loving it again. As many Silkworms that it takes to make a single garment is as many words as I...

The authors in this volume share exemplary arts-integration practices across the K-8 curriculum. Rather than providing formulas or scripts to be followed, they carefully describe how the arts provide an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students learn. The book includes rich and lively examples of public school teachers integrating visual arts, music, drama, and dance with subject matter, including English, social studies, science, and mathematics. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of why and how to use the arts every day, in every school, to reach every child....