Shorefront Mysteries
A trilogy for teens and young adults
Four young protagonists use logic and reasoning to uncover clues. The underlying goal is to educate youth on historic, political, environmental and social issues. The trilogy spans eight years.
The mouse could be hiding anywhere. Under the table, in the closet, behind the chair or in Aunt Clair's hair.
in rhyme
In English and in French
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 “Conversation with the Birds”.
For more advanced language students
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, the Sun King.
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 (this wine sucks) 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.
Fiction - Stories in parallel text
English-French English-Spanish Spanish-French
We are never too old to be reminded to avoid complacency and greed.
For mid-level language students
with a performance
Caruso does not think he's lazy, do you?
For first-level language students with exercises