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 [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Intermediate’
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
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 [...]
February 13, 2009
Girls and Aviation
Just finished reading Bravo Zulu Samantha (Duble, 2007). Sam, who loves to memorize interesting facts, is begrudingly spending the first part of her summer with her grandparents. I won’t give away the plot, but leave it to say that her former airforce pilot grandfather has some surprises in the back shed. Intermediate readers will enjoy [...]
January 24, 2009
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
New books from multitalented Jennifer L. Holm! My daughter is curled up on a Saturday morning reading the latest Babymouse book, and I just finished reading the funny and touching Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff. The “stuff” comes in the form of artful photos by Elicia Castaldi. For example [...]
