This story of a small teddy bear waiting on a department store shelf for a child's friendship is an endless classic your students will love. This story targets younger readers with a reading level of 2-5 years. The adorable main character, Corduroy, is a stuffed teddy bear sure to pull on any reader's heart strings.

      This book has many ways you can use it in your classroom. A great way to use this boo in your classroom is to let students read the story and make a connection with the character of Corduroy. When the students are done reading, have them write their own adventures with Corduroy, the stuffed bear.

Could zombies be a viable replacement for slave labour? Asking for a certain electronics company. And most clothing manufacturers.

Slipping is an interesting collection of writing from the brain of Lauren Beukes. From enhanced athletes to bored ghosts, these stories display Lauren's spec-fic interests. There are also a few essays at the end of the collection, one of which explains the personal inspiration behind The Shining Girls; an essay well worth reading.

I met Lauren at a writers' festival where she was running a workshop on, surprise surprise, writing. I really enjoyed reading the aforementioned The Shining Girls as it was a highly enjoyable mix of crime and spec-fic. So I was looking forward to reading this collection. As with any collection of previously published works, there are highs and lows. For me the highs outweighed the lows, with Slipping, The Green, and Ghost Girl being amongst my favourites. I think the strengths of this collection come from the South African cultural influence to Lauren's writing, which gives far more grittiness to the bleak sci-fi stories than you usually see.

If you're a spec-fic fan, or a fan of Lauren's writing - and how could you not be? - then you will find some compelling stories in this collection.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

a good book for ideas...a little poor when it comes to actual techinques....

a good book for ideas...a little poor when it comes to actual techinques....

For a how to write book, this is really funny. And her advice is really good, the whole just get it done and fix it later thing always bears repeating. Fun writing exercises too.