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From: Jeri Chase Ferris <jchaseferris_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:50:47 -0700
How about DEMANDING JUSTICE (by me), the biography of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a free black woman during Civil War times. She argued with Frederick Douglass and really everybody, demanding integration, education, civil rights – 100 years before our civil rights era.
Jeri www.jerichaseferris.com NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS, HoughtonMifflin/Harcourt, 2012 See book trailer at http://youtu.be/o8NegSLNxlk A Junior Library Guild selection "...a wonderful success in introducing Webster in such a charming manner." Kirkus Reviews, Sept. 2012 "This picture-book biography bursts with charm in telling Webster's story... a great addition to dictionary lessons or to studies of the formation of the United States." Starred review in School LIbrary Journal, Sept 2012 "This book captivates and draws readers in. Educators will appreciate the embedded definitions and the historical context and timelines provided." Starred review and "highly recommended" in LIbrary Media Connection, Aug. 2012
On Oct 5, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Megan Schliesman wrote:
One dimension of Civic Engagment is activism, and one of the things I started noticing this year was the number of books coming out for older children and teens in which activism was a central theme. It plays out in novels with both contemporary and historical settings. Here are some of the books I've especially appreciated for their portrayal of young
activists:
Jeri
www.jerichaseferris.com
NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS, HoughtonMifflin/Harcourt, 2012
A Junior Library Guild selection
"...a wonderful success in introducing Webster in such a charming manner." Kirkus Reviews, Sept. 2012
"This picture-book biography bursts with charm in telling Webster's story. …a great addition to dictionary lessons or to studies of the formation of the United States." Starred review in School LIbrary Journal, Sept 2012
"This book captivates and draws readers in … Educators will appreciate the embedded definitions and the historical context and timelines provided." Starred review and "highly recommended" in LIbrary Media Connection, Aug. 2012
See book trailer at http://youtu.be/o8NegSLNxlk
Received on Fri 05 Oct 2012 12:50:47 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:50:47 -0700
How about DEMANDING JUSTICE (by me), the biography of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a free black woman during Civil War times. She argued with Frederick Douglass and really everybody, demanding integration, education, civil rights – 100 years before our civil rights era.
Jeri www.jerichaseferris.com NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS, HoughtonMifflin/Harcourt, 2012 See book trailer at http://youtu.be/o8NegSLNxlk A Junior Library Guild selection "...a wonderful success in introducing Webster in such a charming manner." Kirkus Reviews, Sept. 2012 "This picture-book biography bursts with charm in telling Webster's story... a great addition to dictionary lessons or to studies of the formation of the United States." Starred review in School LIbrary Journal, Sept 2012 "This book captivates and draws readers in. Educators will appreciate the embedded definitions and the historical context and timelines provided." Starred review and "highly recommended" in LIbrary Media Connection, Aug. 2012
On Oct 5, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Megan Schliesman wrote:
One dimension of Civic Engagment is activism, and one of the things I started noticing this year was the number of books coming out for older children and teens in which activism was a central theme. It plays out in novels with both contemporary and historical settings. Here are some of the books I've especially appreciated for their portrayal of young
activists:
Jeri
www.jerichaseferris.com
NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS, HoughtonMifflin/Harcourt, 2012
A Junior Library Guild selection
"...a wonderful success in introducing Webster in such a charming manner." Kirkus Reviews, Sept. 2012
"This picture-book biography bursts with charm in telling Webster's story. …a great addition to dictionary lessons or to studies of the formation of the United States." Starred review in School LIbrary Journal, Sept 2012
"This book captivates and draws readers in … Educators will appreciate the embedded definitions and the historical context and timelines provided." Starred review and "highly recommended" in LIbrary Media Connection, Aug. 2012
See book trailer at http://youtu.be/o8NegSLNxlk
Received on Fri 05 Oct 2012 12:50:47 PM CDT
