In the U.S., many celebrate the anniversary of the nation’s independence (July 4) by grilling dead meat, getting sunburns, and oohing and ahhing over the tiny pyrotechnic displays put on by the youngest cousin at the party.

Here at Shmoop, we brought more than our famous deviled eggs to the party. Kaboom! 13 new Learning Guides and 11 new Teacher’s Editions.

New Literature:

• Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
• David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
• Light in August, by William Faulkner
• The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

New Poetry:

• Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, by William Wordsworth
• Sea Rose, by H.D.

New Bestsellers:

New Music:

• Folsom Prison Blues, by Johnny Cash
• Imagine, by John Lennon
• John Wayne Gacy, Jr., by Sufjan Stevens
• Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, by The Beatles
• Sometime Around Midnight, by The Airborne Toxic Event
• Wax Simulacra, by The Mars Volta

11 New Teacher’s Editions:

Hundreds of free classroom activities (think: intellectual double espresso, minus the chemicals). Plus, for a small per-unit fee, get a hold of our reading quizzes, essay and discussion questions, and current events and pop culture articles.

• Teaching Antigone, by Sophocles
• Teaching Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
• Teaching Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller
• Teaching Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
• Teaching King Lear, by William Shakespeare
• Teaching Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
• Teaching The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson
• Teaching A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry
• Teaching Sula, by Toni Morrison
• Teaching Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
• Teaching Wuthering Heights, by  Emily Brontë