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Dr. Ladybug’s Lit Circle – The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

"Stories are what save us." In this five-week literature circle, middle grades students will dive deeply into The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera—a dystopian sci-fi novel rich with questions about memory, power, identity, survival, and the...

Dr. Ladybug’s Lit Worlds: Exploring Identity, Imagination, and Resistance through Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Dystopia

Hello and Greetings, scholars and book lovers! Thank you for your interest in Dr. Ladybug's Lit Circle for Middle Grades. I am so excited for another year. This is the sixth year of this amazing literature circle that was born from the request of...

📚 Welcome to a New Year of Dr. Ladybug’s Lit Circle!

I’m so excited to launch another year of Dr. Ladybug’s Lit Circle! Our book discussions are always full of curiosity, creativity, and connection — and this year promises to be even more engaging. A few updates for how we’ll be organizing our circle...

What I Do

Interactive Workshops

Dr. Ladybug's Literature Circle

Online Courses Via Outschool

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About Dr. Mehta

Who I Am

Sherri Arnold Mehta is a Virginia-born and Maryland-based presenter, educator, homeschooling mom, and wife with over twenty years of English teaching experience. She holds both a Ph.D. and an M.A. in English Literature and a B.A. in Mass Media Arts. Her areas of specialization include African American Epistolary Literature, African American Civil War letters, nineteenth-century African American and American Literature, and epistolary theory. Her area of expertise is on letters from African American soldiers who served in the Civil War, and how these letters constitute a distinct epistolary genre with defining attributes.

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What People Say

Quote from my teen, “She is very nice and she knows what she is talking about. Her assignments were easy to understand and they were a good way to have us learn what she set out to teach us. I would be excited to take another class with her.”

My teen is a 16 year-old rising high school senior who is homeschooled and dual-enrolled in community college.

Dr. K, Outschool Parent, “Freedom Fighters, Freedom Writers: Civil War Letters from Men in the USCT”

My daughter has been part of the Ladybug Literature Circle since its inception. Dr. Mehta is warm, insightful, positive, and challenging. The material and cumulative projects she assigns are truly creative and inspired. My daughter jumps out of bed on LLC mornings, excited to discuss the material. She has said, “I’ll take any class Dr. M. teaches!” I cannot think of higher praise from a sixteen-year-old. I highly recommend inviting Sherri Mehta into your homes. She is a lovely person and a phenomenally gifted teacher.

K. Jacobs, Dr. Ladybug’s Literature Circle Parent

“Our students thoroughly enjoyed the presentation with Dr. M. She was highly engaging and informative. Her passion for teaching is exemplified by her profound knowledge in history and writing!”

Lance Williams, Projects Director, Kent State University

“We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of hidden knowledge in every cell of our bodies.”

-Shirley Abbott

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