The North Carolina Newspapers in Education program encourages young people to become lifelong readers and learners, capable writers, informed, involved adults, thoughtful consumers of news and advocates for the First Amendment.

For more information,
contact Sandra Cook:
NC Press Foundation, Newspapers in Education, CB3365, 19 Carroll Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365, (919) 843-5648, fax (919) 843-4734
sandynie@unc.edu

Business office:
5171 Glenwood Ave., Ste. 364
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 787-7443
fax (919) 787-5302
www.ncpress.com

“Taffy of Torpedo Junction”

Sample Chapters:
Half Page, Quarter Page: 1

Request for Taffy of Torpedo Junction (for newspapers only)

Curricula for “Taffy of Torpedo Junction”

A set of graphic organizers

Study Guide: Word study and Chapter questions (for teachers)

Study Guide: Word study and Chapter questions (for students)

Correlations to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study

Maps, Photos, Related stories
(from Sandy Semans, editor, Outer Banks Sentinel)

Slideshows
(from the Carteret County Times-News and Travel and Tourism: NC Department of Commerce)

Life Along the Coast, Beaches, Beyond Beaches, Buildings, Fishing, Hunting, Transportation and Communication, Lifesaving

Web sites, background on World War II

Web sites, background on the book and author

Web site, background on "hoi toide" brogue

Hear the story read aloud. (coming soon)
(thanks to the Carteret County Times-News)