Attending the NCTE conference is always refreshing, and this year I was also on the look out for new books and the authors I had been reading. Suzanne Collins, the author of Hunger Games, told me the 2nd book in the series is finished and the third is in progress. Yea! I had an interesting [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 17, 2008
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Finished this weekend The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian(Alexie, 2007). This won a National Book Award and an ALA award and probably others I’m not even aware of. The voice of the main character Junior, a teenage boy living on a reservation in Spokane, is so strong. You laugh and cry along with [...]
November 7, 2008
Election Books
I just picked up two election books from a second grade class that was reading books and giving me feedback. 2nd graders reported liking Madam President (Smith) a silly look at a young girl as president in her own way. The second graders also liked Grace for President (DiPuchhio). Grace runs for president at her [...]
