From: Monica Edinger <monicaedinger>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:18:31 -0400

Whoops! As someone who usually writes too much, I thought I'd be succinct for a change! Anyway, these comments are all from memory as I don't have the books handy and read them a while ago.

I thought Whirligig was incredibly moving and Fleischman did such a fine job describing certain scenes that I still remember them.

I thought in Rules of the Road Bauer developed her characters beautifully and skillfully used humor while also addressing some weighty topics.

Jean already wrote about Going North. I would just add that the language is gorgeous and poetic. It is a splendid book to read aloud.

I thought Lester's book (which I read a while ago and no longer have so this is from me) offered American children a different way of seeing another continent as big as their own.

On 7/5/07, Dean Schneider <schneiderd at ensworth.com> wrote:
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> I like it when participants in our discussion offer why they like certain
> titles, rather than just offering up titles.
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Monica Edinger Newbery 2008 Chair Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts 2007 The Dalton School New York NY monicaedinger at gmail.com my blog educating alice is at http://medinger.wordpress.com
Received on Thu 05 Jul 2007 12:18:31 PM CDT