From: Clark Underbakke <CUnderbakke>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:22:08 -0500

So many favorites about the beloved place we call school. I especially like Louise Borden's, Good Luck, Mrs. K.!, The Day Eddie Met the Author and, most recently, The A+ Custodian. Detailing respectively a teacher's plight with cancer; a near missed question during a school wide author visit; and the compassion of those who truly care for our buildings, our students and us; Borden captures the true essence of school life. Paired with Adam Gustavson's warm illustrations, these books show and tell us that it truly does take a proverbial village.

Regards, Clark Underbakke, Ph.D. 2nd Grade Teacher Hoover, AL

Dear all,

I second Jean Elvehrog's choice of Officer Buckle and Gloria, a perfect picture book. I also like The Mysterious Tadpole, by Steven Kellogg, in which the school librarian helps to solve a mystery, and Daniel Pinkwater's hilarious Author's Day, in which everything that can go wrong during an author visit does go wrong, and then some.

Best wishes, Angelica Carpenter


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