Much loved LaRue is back with LaRue For Mayor, Letters from the Campaign Trail by Mark Teague (www.scholastic.com/titles/authors/teague/). Yes, the election is over, finally, but next November there will be another one so keep this book in mind. Surely you will need to add it to your LaRue collection. Joan Steiner (www.ceaco.com/ceaco/index.php?artist=53) has a new [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 24, 2009
Crossovers: Upper Primary/Lower Intermediate Picture Books by NY Authors
I have a large number of these to talk about so I will have to keep the comments to a minimum. I want to make everyone aware of how many recent titles are available by NY authors. These may be people to contact for presentations at council meetings or for local conferences. It’s always great [...]
February 24, 2009
Some New Intermediate Level Books by NY Authors
A few new NY authors have come to our attention in reading books for the Charlotte ballot. An intermediate fiction book, Skylar, about the lives of a flock of Canadian geese, looks to be a promising children’s book debut for Mary Cuffe-Perez who lives in Galway, NY. Residing not far from Mary is Anita Sanchez [...]
February 22, 2009
Blog Hiatus
This space has been a place to share some of the amazing books that members of the NYSRA Charlotte Award committee have received. Now behind the scenes the Charlotte commitee will be meeting to decide on the ballot for the 2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award–a process separate from what we’ve shared on the blog. However, since [...]
February 22, 2009
All of the Above (Pearsall, 2008)
Teachers always like books that serve multiple purposes. Literary qualities are often the first reason we choose books for our classrooms, but we often have other things we’re looking for in a book–connecting to a theme, another discipline etc. Pearsall’s All of the Above is one of those books that will work for many reasons [...]
