ANIMATIONS



        Sample

 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.



   Synopsis​

English      French   Spanish



The mouse could be hiding anywhere. Under the table, in the closet, behind the chair or in Aunt Clair's hair.

in rhyme

Sample​      Lesson Plan
​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.

​Sample     Performance   Animation

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.
Non-fiction


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