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THE BELOVED NOVEL COMES TO LIFE FEBRUARY 16n Bridge to Terabithia, rural life for elevenyear-old Jess Aarons is permanently alteredby his (at first) reluctant friendship with thenew girl at Lark Creek Elementary School, a personunlike anyone Jess has ever met before. WhenLeslie announces to Jess one day, “We need a place,just for us a whole secret country, and you and Iwould be the rulers of it,” together they create thefantastic kingdom of Terabithia.IIn Terabithia, Jess and Leslie magically reign asKing and Queen over giants, trolls, and all mannerof mythical creatures. In Terabithia, imaginationand friendship spread their wings, enveloping Jessand Leslie in extraordinary adventures. And throughTerabithia, Jess will learn that even tragedy can betransformed through insight and understanding—powers of the moral imagination.Bridge to Terabithia will be released nationwideon February 16, 2007.PublishersRead the book fromPublishersBridge to Terabithiaby Katherine PatersonPaperback (digest) ISBN: 0061227285Paperback (rack) ISBN: 0061253707Audiobook ISBN: 0061227544Bridge to Terabithia:The Official Movie Companionby David PatersonISBN: 0061215317HOW TO USE THIS POSTERThe activities on this poster areappropriate for students in grades5-8. Activities correlate withnational standards in English/Language Arts, CharacterEducation and the Visual Arts.
THE BELOVED NOVEL COMES TO LIFE FEBRUARY 16A Letter from Walden MediaAmong readers, the affection and respectafforded Bridge to Terabithia, KatherinePaterson’s triumphant novel about the power ofimagination, is legendary. When the book wasfirst published in 1977, it offered readers whathad not before appeared in children’s literature:the simple story of a friendship between a boyand a girl, a friendship so unusual, so engaging,and so timeless that Bridge to Terabithia nowholds a permanent, revered place in the canonof American Literature for young people. Inconversations with educators about this propertyover the past several years, the mandate toWalden Media couldn’t be clearer: the loftinessof Bridge to Terabithia’s flights of fancy demandsa faithful film of weight and depth.Walden Media’s deep respect for KatherinePaterson’s writing thus informs our film, as wellas our educational program and materials. Forguidance and inspiration, we have turned toPaterson’s own account, which she has generouslyshared with us, of the way she created Bridge toTerabithia. She reveals the ways that her creativeand literary imagination informed her writing ofthis beloved story. We are thus pleased to offerKatherine Paterson’s example as a model – toourselves, to you, and to your students – for ourcollective, creative, and literary growth.Sincerely,Cary Granat and Micheal FlahertyCo-founders, Walden MediaMEETNOSRETAPENKATHERIatherine Paterson was born to American missionary parents inChina’s Jiangsu province in1932. Her family livedthere untilthey were forced to evacuate to the US during theJapanese invasionof World War II. Due to her parents’ work, Patersonmoved frequentlythroughout her childhood and often felt ostracizedby her classmates.She found refuge in book s and is still an avid reader. Patersonmajored in English at King College, Bristol, Tennessee, received herM.A. from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education and herM.R.E. from New York’s Union Theological Seminary. Paterson alsotaught in rural Virginia, Japan, and New Jersey.She married andraised a family of four children. Currently, she maintains her passionfor reading and writing at her home in Barre, Vermont.Katherine Paterson began to write seriously in 1964, but didn’t publish her first novel until 1973.Bridge to Terabithia was born of Paterson’s deepneed to make sense of inexplicable tragedy when heryoung son David’s best friend, a girl named LisaHill, was killed when she was struck by lightning.Paterson spent a year writing Bridge to Terabithia, which was published in 1977. The novel receivedtheNewbery Medal for outstanding contribution tochildren’s literature in 1978. Paterson received hersecondNewbery Medal in 1981 for her novel Jacob HaveI Loved. Katherine Paterson’s distinguished writing careerhas also garnered her the 200 6 Astrid LindgrenMemorial Award, given “for life-long work or artistry” inthe field of children’s literature. To learn more about this award see: www.alma.se /page.phpKCheck out www.walden.com for additional activities.Learn more about the movie at disney.com/Terabithia Walden Media, LLC. All rights reserved.
We all know people who seem bigger than life.For Katherine Paterson it was Pansy, the seventh gradebully at her school. Explore the character Janice Avery anddiscover why she seems bigger than life to Jess and Leslie.KATHERINE PATERSON: ONHER OWN WORDSHow the Character Janice Avery Came to Be“Leslie liked to make upstories about the giantsthat threatened the peaceof Terabithia, but they bothknew that the real giant intheir lives was Janice Avery.”–Bridge to Terabithia, p. 61One of the criticisms [my editor] made [of the Bridge to Terabithia manuscript] was that in the course of the story shecould see Jess changing and growing, but she couldn’t seemuch change in Leslie. She said if it’s a true friendship, bothfriends will change. So her idea was that I needed to findsomething that would show Leslie had changed by knowingJess. She may have thrown out a few ideas to me, andI said, “No, no, no, no, no.”Suddenly, from the ancient dust of the playground at CalvinH. Wiley School, I remembered Pansy, the seventh gradebully – this huge girl – who would march around the playground and beat everyone up. I would get revenge and puther in my book. Of course, I didn’t. I couldn’t just take somebody out of life and put her in the book because I didn’t knowwhat made Pansy such a bully. So I created Janice Avery.She would become the character who could help Lesliechange.Now I have to know why Janice Avery is a bully becauseshe is in my book. And so I start examining Janice Avery.ACTIVITYBEFORE READINGMake a prediction about why you think Katherine Paterson describes the character JaniceAvery as “the real giant in [Jess and Leslie’s] lives,” and how she might“threaten their peace.”Make a prediction about how you think Leslie and Jess will deal withJanice Avery.DURING READINGNow read Chapter 5, “The Giant Killers,” to find out how Leslie andJess dealt with Janice.Summarize how they handled the situation.AFTER READINGHow did your prediction compare with what happens in the story?Do you agree or disagreewith the way Leslie and Jess handled their problem with Janice Avery?Why?Who — or what — are the “giants” in your life? What makes themso?National Standards: English/Language Arts:NCTE/IRA Standard 2: Reading for UnderstandingDuration: Two 45-minute class periods.Materials: Classroom set of reproductions of Activity 1; paper andpencils, individual copies of Bridge to Terabithia for student use.Learn more about the movie at disney.com/TerabithiaCheck out www.walden.com for additional activities. Walden Media, LLC. All rights reserved.
COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY AND ENTER TO WIN A PREVIEW SCREENING OFWALT DISNEY PICTURES’ AND WALDEN MEDIA’S FORTHCOMING FILMTHE BELOVED NOVEL COMES TO LIFE FEBRUARY 16AND A V ISIT FROM NEWBERY-AWARD WINNER K ATHERINE PATERSONFOR YOUR CLASS OR GROUPKATHERINE PATERSON:ON HER OWN WORDSWhere the Name ‘Terabithia’Came FromAt times I find myself drawing on myexperiences when I am not even consciousof it. I thought I made up the word “Terabithia.”I was looking for some polysyllabic, ratherromantic sounding word that gave the samefeel the name of a country might. After theword “Terabithia” occurred to me, I playedaround with the spelling. I know at one pointit was spelled “Terebithia.” I chose the “a”spelling because I was trying to make it aseasy to pronounce as I could. Well, at aboutthe time I was to check the final galleys forthe book, I happened to reread The Voyageof the Dawn Treader in C.S. Lewis’ “Chroniclesof Narnia.” As you might know, there is anisland in The Voyage of the Dawn Treadernamed “Terebinthia.” T-e-r-e-b-i-n-t-h-i-a.I was appalled. I had pinched the word rightout of Narnia. At first I thought I wouldhave to change it. I didn’t want everyonecomplaining that I was hanging on to Lewis’coattails. But the thought of finding a wordof exactly that length and going through thegalleys and making all those correctionsspurred me to seek another solution. And mykindly brain supplied the needed justification.Leslie Burke had read the Narnia books too.She would very probably come up with aname for her kingdom that closely resembledsomething she had seen in The Chronicles ofNarnia and thought she had made it up outof the blue. Besides, Lewis obviously got thename for his island from the terebinth tree inthe Old Testament. It wasn’t really originalwith Lewis, either.How Writing Bridge to TerabithiaHelped Katherine PatersonI hope you will find, as I have, how writingcan nourish and heal and enrich life. I knowthat in writing Bridge to Terabithia, I was ableto examine, at a deep level, a painful andfrightening experience and emerge on theother side with a new sense of hope and joy.ACTIVITYWHAT’S YOUR SPECIAL PLACE?Is it real or imaginary?Think about it, picture it,and write about it!1PICTURE IT!Be like Jess and exercise your artisticimagination.Draw a picture of your special place. Ortake a photograph, make a collage, drawa map, or sketch some of the creatures tobe found there. Work by yourself or as agroup to show what your special placelooks like – to picture it in detail – so thatothers can “see” it too.2DESCRIBE IT!Take a cue from Leslie and use wordsto describe your special place.What makes this place special to you?What kind of things can be found in it?What does it look like? What is your rolein this place? Your friend’s role? Are therefavorite books of yours that are importantto this place, the way C.S. Lewis’ bookswere important to Leslie Burke? Are therethings you can do here you can’t doanywhere else? Write about your placein 500 words or less.National Standards: English/Language Arts: NCTE/IRA Standard 1: Reading for PerspectiveNational Standards for Arts Education/ Visual Arts Standard 2: Using Knowledge of Structures and FunctionsDuration: One 45-minute class periodMaterials: Classroom set of reproductions of Activity 2; drawing materials (pens, markers, watercolors, etc.)“Leslie named their secret land‘Terabithia,’ and she loaned Jess allof her books about Narnia, so hewould know how things went in amagic kingdom – how the animalsand trees must be protected andhow a ruler must behave.”– Bridge to Terabithia, p. 50-513SEND IT IN!Educators – after readingthe contest rules, go toWALDEN.COM toupload your group’sentries.4WIN IT!One winner will receivea preview screening ofWalt Disney Pictures’and Walden Media’sBridge to Terabithia fortheir class or group anda visit from authorKatherine Paterson.Learn more about the movie at disney.com/TerabithiaCheck out www.walden.com for additional activities. Walden Media, LLC. All rights reserved.
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of mythical creatures. In Terabithia, imagination and friendship spread their wings, enveloping Jess and Leslie in extraordinary adventures. And through Terabithia, Jess will learn that even tragedy can be transformed through insight and understanding— powers of the moral imagination. Bridge to Terabithia will be released nationwide
