Fia & the Butterfly
In
this wonderful book for children and those who
care for them, you will meet eleven-year-old
Fredericka Inez Anderson, an African-American
girl who likes to be called Fia. It is the
height of the Civil Rights Movement, and Fia
is very upset because of the murder—on
September 15, 1963—of four little girls in a
church in Birmingham, Alabama. Fia is also
worried because her parents have moved to a
new city and she has to adjust to a new school
and meet new friends.
When Fia falls on the ice after school one day, her imagination transports her to a magical place where she meets a storyteller—Nana Bea—who tells Fia seven stories that help her to feel better about her problems.
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"The Faith Story” CD – for Dreamers of All Ages
“The Faith Story: How Butterflies Came to Be”—the seventh story from Fia and the Butterfly—has been recorded on a CD featuring professional actors and classic jazz musicians including A. Dean Irby, Dr. Dorothy
Carter, Andrea L. Cosley, Bob Cunningham, Warren Smith, and Bross Townsend. “The
Faith
Story” CD is a perfect vehicle for
families who want to spend quality time
together and for teachers who want to share
enduring values with students in churches,
schools, and community centers. Click
here to buy the CD
Fia’s Literacy Pack for Young Scholars is a two-book set that helps to promote student achievement. Fia’s Literacy Pack contains the following:
Fia’s Notebook: An Assignment Book for Young Scholars is a workbook
for students that includes a read-aloud story, reading comprehension and writing exercises, 8 test-prep quizzes, and a 59-word glossary.
Teaching Notes for Fia’s Notebook contains twenty-five lesson plans for teachers, tutors, and parents to use with Fia’s Notebook to help improve reading comprehension, writing, and test-prep
skills. The lesson plans are written in the format of the BBC (Blackboard Configuration), a structure for planning and delivering quality lessons developed by Dr. Lorraine Monroe
Fia’s Literacy Pack is based on the Introduction and the Unity Story from Fia and the Butterfly: 7 Stories for Character Education. A limited number of the Literacy Packs are available through the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute (LMLI).
The Monroe-Gaines Parenting Manual is a workbook that contains reflections, worksheets, and exercises for helping parents to improve their parenting skills. Topics covered include:
Language Development, School Readiness, Cultivating Values and more.
The Monroe-Gaines Parenting Manual is available through the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute (LMLI)..
Building a Pan-African Pre-School is a curriculum text based upon Gaines’ work as co-founder of The Learning House, a community pre-school in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-founded in 1971 with
Amoyewa (Victoria) Skaggs, the Learning House was a part of the Independent Black Schools Movement during the 70’s and 80’s. Building a Pan-African Pre-School is available through the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute (LMLI)..
The Black Board Configuration CD is a CD Rom featuring Dr. Lorraine Monroe and Dr. Lonnetta M. Gaines delivering a workshop on the purposes and use of the LMLI Blackboard Configuration (BBC), a structure for planning and
delivering accountable lessons. The BBC CD is available through the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute (LMLI).