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The New Paper Families

The New Paper Families
An Anthology of Short Short Stories
AUTHOR(S):
Richard Baines (Compiling Editors)
REGION:
Australia & New Zealand
LEVELS:
Year 9 / Year 10
SUBJECT AREA:
English
EDITION:
1ed
ISBN:
9780521157285
PUBLICATION DATE:
14/09/2010
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The New Paper Families features stories from all over the world – Australia, China, Great Britain, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Somalia and the United States. Organised by genre, each section contains three stories written for the mainstream fiction market that are perfect for a range of student abilities in the Year 9 and 10 classroom.

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Children's Corner

Felicia, Taria Baquie

The Islander, Naila Fanene

The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket, Yasunari Kawabata

 

Women's Day

Cupid's Arrow in my Back, Emily Caspettini

Brenda, Cheryl Harris

The Pepper Tree, Wendy Stack

 

Men Only

The Chaser, John Collier

Jamieson's Hill, Michelle Mogensen

My Father's Hands, Calvin Worthington

 

Family Matters

The Bane of the Internet, Ha Jin

Sunday in the Park, Bel Kaufman

Love Letter Straight from the Heart, Terry Tapp

 

Blue Murder

The Cop Who Loved Flowers, Henry Slesar

The Way it is Now, Elaine Slater

The Stinging Tree, Marele Day

 

Pulp Fiction

Bedtime Story, Phyllis Duganne

Elementary, My Dearest Watson, Eric Bean

The Hitch-hiker, Francis Grieg

 

Leaving Home

Long Way Home, Charles G Waugh

Jean Nieri, Richard Baines

After a Kiss, Marjan Riahi

 

Foreign Affairs

The German Boy, Ron Butlin

Gregory, Panos Ioannides

The Seeds from Outside, Edmond Hamilton

 

Black Sheep

The Rejection, Woody Allen

Family History, Mike Firman

Indians, Vivienne Barlow

 

Home Cooking

Tomato Meatballs, CE Phillips

Fly Lie, Dominic Wan

No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, Kate Grenville

 

Wild Life

Vigil, Rachel Walmsley

The Paternal Instinct, Al Nussbaum

You Are Now Entering the Human Heart, Janet Frame

 

Old Age

The Little Old Lady from Cricket Creek, Len Gray

Morning Minuet, Roger Holt

How it All Happens in the End, Meihana Durie

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Anthologies of short, short stories.

The New Paper Series provides a variety of short, short stories and activities to introduce writing techniques and the skills of critical literacy to junior and middle secondary students.

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Richard Baines (Compiling Editors)

Richard has taught Drama and English in schools in Australia, Kenya and England, and has written and directed plays for school presentation for over thirty years. He has performed in pieces from classical theatre to musicals and vaudeville and co-written English and Drama school texts.

"The stories are short, engaging and very readable"

"An excellent collection which will assist teachers to incorporate Asian and human rights perspectives into the English classroom. An added bonus is that 15% of net sales will be donated to a girls' school in Afganistan"

ACT English Teachers Association, ACTivATE Vol 25 No 1 2013