The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Takes Tristan Hunt and the Sea Guardians

MINNEAPOLIS - Aug. 1, 2016 - PRLog -- Mighty Media Press is proud to announce that Dr. Ellen Prager's The Shark Whisperer and The Shark Rider have been selected by the literacy experts at The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (New York City, New York) to be included in their classroom library system. Renowned educator Lucy Calkins, along with a team of children's literacy experts, has hand picked the titles in each of the program's libraries. Now, this group of experts has included book one and book two in the Tristan Hunt and the Sea Guardians series by Ellen Prager, illustrated by Antonio Javier Caparo.

"The libraries aim to introduce as many authors and titles as possible, with books selected for high interest, richness (books that can be mined again and again), and quality of writing and content," says the Teachers College website. Hundreds of titles have been carefully selected by the teachers College Reading and Writing Project experts for each grade level. Teachers and librarians can order these titles in large book bundles. Titles are also organized into reluctant reader level bundles and reading range bundles to help educators reach every child reader.

The prices for selection is intentional and strategic. The Teachers College website explains: "…every collection has been carefully and thoughtfully designed to lure kids into reading, and to move them up levels of complexity." The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project has identified Dr. Prager's underwater adventure series as not only a literacy encouraging, well-crafted story, but also a series that sparks interest and imagination in its readers.

You can learn more about the Teachers college Reading and Writing Project at www.readingandwritingproject.com. And be sure to meet Tristan and the gang at www.teamtristan.com.