More information about the Emily Breaks Free Teaching Guide

Grades K-4

Follow Boston`s Freedom Trail™ and witness a small revolution against a big bully.

Emily is a nice, playful little dog. So why would she join forces with a big bully like Spike? Even Emily can't answer that question. It`s true that Spike makes Emily laugh, in spite of herself, and he is fun — in a way. Emily feels flattered that Spike asks her to tag along with him.

But when Spike begins to tease a fluffy outsider named Cotton, Emily's feelings become confused. Just when Emily is wondering how to make things right, a bewhiskered terrier named Emerson saunters onto the scene and shows Emily how to break free of Spike.

This compelling story unfolds along the Freedom Trail™, Boston's famous walking tour of historic sites from the Revolutionary era. These scenes of the colonists' struggle for independence from Britain are a perfect backdrop for Emily's struggle to free herself from Spike's tyrannical ways!

The Emily Breaks Free cross-curriculum teaching guide will invite students to stir up some Boston Brown Bread, listen to patriotic classics by the Boston Pops orchestra, identify historic sites in their own community, and much more. Emily Breaks Free will help you

• Address problems of bullying
• Suggest techniques for responding to a bully
• Explore the sights of historic Boston, Massachusetts
• Introduce information about our canine friends

This storybook is available at amazon.com in Kindle reading format