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From: Barthelmess, Thom <tbarthelmess_at_dom.edu>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:16:18 -0500
I really enjoyed David Yoo's new novel The Detention Club for its honest and sensitive portrayal of the precarious transition from elementary to middle school. It is a quick and a funny read, but beneath the mystery and humor is a deft exposition of just how hard it feels to make that change.
And I am indelibly fond of Esme Raji Codell's Sahara Special and Vive La Paris. I have listened to Phylicia Rashad's narration of Sahara Special over and over and it remains one of the most affecting audiobooks I have encountered. I cry and cry, in the best possible way.
Thom
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From: Megan Schliesman
Sent: Tue 9/6/2011 9:30 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject:
School Stories
It's time to start our discussion for the first part of September: School Stories.
From first days to fitting in to classroom comedies, stories about kids
in school are a staple of children's literature. What are your favorite
books set in schools or classrooms? Do you have go-to "School Stories" for specific purposes, such as a start-of-the school-year read-aloud?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:16:18 -0500
I really enjoyed David Yoo's new novel The Detention Club for its honest and sensitive portrayal of the precarious transition from elementary to middle school. It is a quick and a funny read, but beneath the mystery and humor is a deft exposition of just how hard it feels to make that change.
And I am indelibly fond of Esme Raji Codell's Sahara Special and Vive La Paris. I have listened to Phylicia Rashad's narration of Sahara Special over and over and it remains one of the most affecting audiobooks I have encountered. I cry and cry, in the best possible way.
Thom
Message-----
From: Megan Schliesman
Sent: Tue 9/6/2011 9:30 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject:
School Stories
It's time to start our discussion for the first part of September: School Stories.
From first days to fitting in to classroom comedies, stories about kids
in school are a staple of children's literature. What are your favorite
books set in schools or classrooms? Do you have go-to "School Stories" for specific purposes, such as a start-of-the school-year read-aloud?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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