SAVE 10% when you purchase all 19 paperbacks of the Around the World Mystery series. You will also receive the FREE Mystery Kit. The Mystery Kit includes:
• How to Write a Carole Marsh Mystery book
• Bookmarks
• Carole Marsh Author Visit DVD
• Carole Marsh Mystery Fan Club Poster
• Enter to win a Skype Visit with Author Carole Marsh
(The Skype visits are chosen four times a year.)
Each story transports readers to a place where Papa, Mimi, Christina and Grant continue on their quest to explore the world! Around the World in 80 series is a favorite among teachers and children and leaves readers looking eagerly towards the next thrilling tale. The exciting adventures include 19 books that include history, geography, culture, and more of each country they visit.
The Around the World in 80 series includes 19 mysteries about REAL characters that take place in REAL locations across the world! Each book is rich with figurative language, including idioms, personification, similes, metaphors, and more, as well as academic vocabulary, dialog, rising action, cause-and-effect events, scenarios for students to analyze how characters' actions express their points of view, opportunities for students to read for explicit meaning, make inferences, synthesize, and much more! Selected titles are featured under the Common Core Curriculum Maps, and ALL 19 titles effectively align to meet Common Core State Standards! The exciting adventures include 19 books that include history, geography, culture, and more of each country they visit. Each book includes a map, SAT words, an online glossary definitions, and built-in-book club! Each Carole Marsh Mystery has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Developmental Reading Assessment.
The 19 titles are:
The Mystery at Machu Picchu (Lost City of the Incas, Peru)
The Mystery of the Northern Lights (Canada)
The Mystery of Taj Mahal (India)
The Mystery at the Maya Ruins (Mexico)
The Mystery of the Onion Domes (Russia)
The Breathtaking Mystery on Mt. Everest (Top of the World)
The Rip-Roaring Mystery to the African Safari (South Africa)
The Mystery in Icy Antarctica (The Frozen Continent)
The Mystery of the Crystal Castle (Bavaria, Germany)
The Curse of the Ancient Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
The Mystery at Dracula's Castle (Transylvania, Romania)
The Mystery in the Amazon Rainforest (South America)
The Mystery at Mount Fuji (Tokyo, Japan)
The Mystery in the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
The Mystery on the Great Wall of China (Beijing, China)
The Mystery of the Ancient Pyramid (Cairo, Egypt)
The Mystery at the Roman Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
The Mystery at the Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)
The Mystery at Big Ben (London, England)
• Built-in Book Club
• Glossary
• SAT Words
• Reading Level Guide
• Cliff Hanger Chapters
• Educational Facts
• Humor and Fun
• History
• Geography
• People
• Culture
FREE resources for you!
1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries
Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards HERE.
2. Download the
Where in the World Have You Been map
HERE.
3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities
HERE.
4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries
HERE.
