ANIMATIONS
Shorefront Mysteries
A trilogy for teens and young adults
Four young protagonists use logic and reasoning to uncover clues. The stories take place before mobiles and social media. The underlying goal is to educate youth on historic, political, environmental and social issues. The trilogy spans eight years.
The books will be published in July at Barnes & Nobel under the pen name Meric du Val
Summaries and samples
The mouse could be hiding anywhere. Under the table, in the closet, behind the chair or in Aunt Clair's hair.
In rhyme
Withe exercises and games
The greedy owner of a mango tree won't share her mangos with her neighbors.
With dialogues for a performance
Everyone tells Sam what to do, including his sister Sue. Do this, do that, he would if he could but...
In rhyme
With exercises and games
Two stories influenced by Attar’s “Assembly of the birds”. What price are we willing to pay for freedom?
For more advanced language students
Available in English and in French
Moliere and Louis XIV in Seventeenth Century France, with extracts of plays. When the king wasn't invading other countries his passion was ballet and his first performance, Le Ballet de La Nuit, earned him the title le Roi Soleil.
From Mesopotamia, around the Black Sea, across the Mediterranean to Sicily and up the Italian peninsula, the vitis vinifera vine played a consequential role in the rise of civilizations.
The first wine reviews were written near the doors of taverns which led to political graffiti.
Tragedy and Comedy from Ancient Greece to
the Roman Republic, with summaries of plays for improvisations
An overview of different forms of government, and how they compare to the American system.
Included is background on the first immigrants during the Industrial Revolution, and the reaction of the Puritans when they saw thousands of Catholics arriving by the shiploads.
Nonfiction
Fiction stories are under the pen name Meric du Val
Stories in parallel text
English-French
We are never too old to be reminded to avoid complacency and greed.
Dialogues for a performance
For mid-level language students
Caruso does not think he's lazy, do you?
For first-level language students with exercises
Barnes&Noble
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In English and in French
Illustrated stories starting around age ten and intermediate ESL
Rhyme is fun to read, and wonderful to learn spelling and phonetics.
Check our website for theatre exercises that target ESL students, and how to keep students alert!
Marisa Dalla Valle
contact: alphainkeditions@gmail.com
