Tuck Everlasting BookFiles Guide (PDF) - Scholastic

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A READING GUIDE TO

Tu c k Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

Hannah Mitchell

Copyright ? 2004 by Scholastic Inc. Interview ? 2004 by Natalie Babbitt Flapjack recipe ? 2004 by Kristin James

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Scholastic BookFiles: A reading guide to Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt/Hannah Mitchell. p. cm.

Summary: Discusses the writing, characters, plot, and themes of this 1975 novel. Includes discussion questions and

activities. Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

1. Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting--Juvenile literature. 2. Immortalism in literature--Juvenile literature.

[1. Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting. 2. American literature-- History and criticism.] I. Title. II. Series.

PS3552.A1735T85 2004

813.54--dc21

2003050391

0-439-53821-1

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 04 05 06 07 08

Composition by Brad Walrod/High Text Graphics, Inc. Cover and interior design by Red Herring Design

Printed in the U.S.A. 23 First printing, March 2004

Contents

About Natalie Babbitt

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How Tuck Everlasting Came About

8

An Interview with Natalie Babbitt

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Chapter Charter: Questions to Guide Your Reading 17

Plot: What's Happening?

23

Setting/Place and Time: Where in the World Are We? 28

Themes/Layers of Meaning: Is That What It

Really Means?

32

Characters: Who Are These People, Anyway?

39

Opinion: What Have Other People Thought About

Tuck Everlasting?

46

Glossary

48

Natalie Babbitt on Writing

50

You Be the Author!

52

Activities

54

Related Reading

57

Bibliography

59

About Natalie Babbitt

"There's always one best word, if you listen for it."

--Natalie Babbitt

Natalie Babbitt is an artist in more ways than one. Known by many people for her descriptive, metaphorical writing, she is less well known for her beautiful illustrations. However, it was this passion that involved her in children's books in the first place.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, on July 28, 1932, Natalie Zane Moore [Babbitt] came into the world at the height of the Great Depression. Thanks to her parents, though, she and her sister enjoyed a life filled with good times, books, and loads of loving encouragement. Natalie loved drawing from an early age. Though she read books constantly, she had very little interest in writing them. She wanted only to illustrate, to bring words to life. She dreamed of capturing imaginations the very same way her imagination had been taken captive by the illustrations in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, one of her favorite books. With her mother's support, Natalie was able to develop her passion and her talent. She also had a great deal of support from her teachers

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