BKs Big Move Across the Country: From Philadelphia to Los Angeles

by Ruth Lott

Overview

This heart-warming story follows the events and challenges a young family experienced while moving from Philadelphia to Los Angeles area during the mid-1960s. Join them as they explore new surroundings, solve problems, and meet a few unexpected people along the way. Children will identify with BK as he gets a new pet, follows his interest in aviation, and more.

In addition to being a delightful story for all ages, this book is a wonderful teaching tool for geography and history students; it provides study helps from the dialogue and written communication to the various tips and techniques included in the Appendix. These will be helpful to students who experience difficulty with areas such as Organization, Cause and Effect, Fact or Opinion, Fiction vs. Non-Fiction, and Webbing for Writing an Essay. Libraries, educators, historians, chambers of commerce, and professionals who work with young people and families will find this narrative to be both enjoyable and beneficial.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015588477
Publisher:	American Book Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/31/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	108
File size:	205 KB

About the Author

Following retirement from a lengthy, and successful career encompassing many facets of business, the author embarked on a new vocation by accepting employment as an Instructional Assistant/ILS at a high school in the Pasco County (Florida) School District. This experience provided the author with the opportunity to manage a computer assisted instruction lab for drop-out prevention students, assisting them in developing reading, writing, and math skills.
The author led a number of workshops for students who had difficulty in passing the competency test required for graduation, as well as tutoring individual students and sharing test preparation techniques.
She also organized and oversaw the management of the student-run school store which sold school supplies and spirit items to meet student needs at a reduced cost. The profits were returned to the students by providing a number of scholarships to deserving graduating seniors.
In addition, Mrs. Lott served on the School Advisory Council for a number of years; chaired the Attendance Committee; judged senior projects, organized and co-chaired a Mentoring Program; and was a member of the Literacy Committee, and also the CAPA Board. She retired from the school district in June 2008. Currently she is a member of Pasco Writers. She and her husband, Charlie, have one son, a daughter-in law, and two adult grandchildren. They reside in Bayonet Point, Florida.
Lott also wrote Poor…but Very, Very Rich: a Personal Memoir of Growing Up in Southwest Philadelphia During the 1930s and 40s.