Taylor Swift's Eras for all the Swifties in Fact-Filled Fun Read

Niki Catherine's fun fact-filled chapter book What Are Taylor Swift's Eras? will delight all Swifties who attended one of her concerts or wanted to attend. The chapter book contains a wealth of facts and information about all of the activities during the tour concerts and great black and white illustrations.

The biographical information makes interesting reading for the Swifties who like to know about her life. Swift had a contract with RCA before she moved to Nashville in 2003, but no one knew whether she was ready for an album until she was eighteen years old. She finally released her first album in 2006 and the rest is history. Taylor was still a teen during her first era. She was in her "girl next door" era for several years. She released her second album at age 18. Her first tour of concerts began after the release of her Fearless album. Her era of these concerts was the first time she had worn red lipstick which became her signature lipstick. Taylor gained notice as a songwriter with her first two albums. Her songs were about relationships and were all successful hits. She continued with her country-pop genre during this era. Her guitar with a fish on it was used during this era tour. She brought this guitar back ten years later during the Midnights Era. During her Red Era Taylor wore vintage styles for each of her concerts. She wore soft sweaters and scarves for these concerts. She also had a circus outfit that she wore, and Swifties like to recreate this costume. The Reputation Era began in 2016 when Swift seemed to disappear from public eye. Her rift with Kanye West was part of the reason for the disappearance. Her Love Era began in 2019. Her costumes were known for the pastel colors. Her Folklore Era began in 2020. Taylor's Midnight album won Album of the Year in 2024. All of these fun facts are just a part of all of the information that can be found in Catherine's What Are Taylor Swift's Eras?

The black and white illustrations feature Swift in the variety of costumes and illustrations of the awards that she has won through the years.

What Are Taylor Swift's Eras? is recommended for ages 8-10, but Swifties of all ages will find this to be a fun and informative read.

The book was published by Penguin Workshop, a division of Penguin/Random House. It has an ISBN of 979-8-217-05039-0.

Teachers who teach in later elementary classrooms and want to add music to their classroom curriculum will want to add this fun fact-filled biography of Taylor's music career with her Eras tours through the years to their classroom library. All of the Swifties in your classroom will want to engage with this chapter book.

*Assign the book to be read individually. Add a curriculum activity for students to create a presentation of their favorite Era tour during one of the years.

*Bring recordings of Swift's music during each of the Eras for students to listen to. Engage students in a discussion of their favorite music.

*Prepare a Bingo game with answers to questions about Swift's Eras tours. Provide time for students to play the game with a partner after reading the chapter book. Prepare a list of questions for the Bingo game.

*Prepare a True/False activity for students to use and find the answers to the questions after reading the book.

*Add a few of the listed books from the list of additional resources at the end of the book for reading about Taylor Swift.

*Provide a time during a day for your students to have a dance party with Swift's music.

*Take a class poll of the favorite costumes from Swift's Eras tours. Provide drawing paper, crayons, and markers for students to design a new costume that they would like to see Swift wear.