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D's Reading & Writing, but NOT Sleeping: August 2008
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Friday, August 1, 2008. The House on Mango Street. Cisneros, S. (1984). The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Books, 110 pp. Esperanza, a 12-year-old, Mexican-American girl, moves with her family into a house on Mango Street in mid-twentieth century Chicago. She shares charming and often sad insights for a year of her life through this collection of 44 vignettes. In Esperanza’s last vignette “Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes,” she seems to find peace with Mango Street by accepting th...The introspecti...
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ADVENTURES IN READING: August 2008
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Welcome to the Adventures in Reading blog- a place to kick back and share reading experiences and information. Wednesday, August 6, 2008. I have listed below a link to a web page that gives a short biography on Sonya Hartnett and lists her published novels and award information. I have read the. Which is wonderful but is geared more for middle-school readers. I just started reading. So far, I love it too. Http:/ www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/? Posted by Kelly Riley. WHAT THE BIRDS SEE. I would most...
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Miss Martha Says: THE COMPLETE MAUS
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Spiegelman, A. (1991). The complete maus. New York, NY: Pantheon Books. 296 pp. (illus.). Winner of The Pulitzer Prize. Yeah, that's all. . . ). Here's what Miss Martha says about THE COMPLETE MAUS . . . This book contains disturbing scenes of . . . well. . . the Holocaust. The effects on both criminals and victims? AND STILL PRACTICE RACISM? It took me awhile to learn that very few of my schoolmates knew much, if anything, about Dachau or Auschwitz or, or, or. . . Do not be dis...
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Katy M's Books: Harlem Stomp!
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Sunday, July 20, 2008. Bibliography: Hill, Laban Carrick (2003). Stomp: a cultural history of the harlem renaissance. National Book Award Finalist. This is a volume studying the events of the Harlem Renaissance. Laban Carrick Hill’s carefully researched book offers pictures, excerpts from music and poetry, timelines, letters and many other multi-media examples of one of the most important events in American history. As this book is non-fiction, there are really no characters. 6 Needs of adolescents:.
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Still Learning How to Read: July 2008
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Monday, July 28, 2008. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963; Christopher Paul Curtis. Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to. Scholastic, Inc: 1998. Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Best Book for Young Adults. The Weird Watsons hail from. In 1963, it’s off to grandmother’s house they go. This isn’t like any old visit home, though. They head south to. Right into the heart of Civil Rights. Kenny Watson is the main character and narrator of the novel. The plot of The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963. This ...
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ADVENTURES IN READING: What the Birds See by Sonya Hartnett
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Welcome to the Adventures in Reading blog- a place to kick back and share reading experiences and information. Wednesday, August 6, 2008. What the Birds See by Sonya Hartnett. WHAT THE BIRDS SEE. Hartnet, S. (2003). What the birds see. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. While this particular novel has not been honored with awards, Hartnett has received many awards in both Australia and the U.S. for several of her other novels. Most notably. Which I just started and will read over the weekend.
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ADVENTURES IN READING: A Northern Light
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Welcome to the Adventures in Reading blog- a place to kick back and share reading experiences and information. Tuesday, August 5, 2008. Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book. ALA Best Book for Young Adults. School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. I would most likely use this book within small-group discussions or as an individual choice book. I think it might be a good book to use as a bridge to some of Kate Chopin's work or with Emily Dickenson's poetry. The book is also connected to Dreiser's.
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Katy M's Books: It's been a long time
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Saturday, May 16, 2009. It's been a long time. Okay, so I survived my MAT year, and I now have a Masters Degree and a teaching position. It is my goal to update this blog with some of the best books I have read this year. Although I have been to busy to update, I am hoping to at least get some posts up soon. Have a great summer everyone! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Its been a long time. I am starting the MAT program at the University of Arkansas. I am a mom, wife and friend! Where Things Come Back.
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Katy M's Books: The Underneath
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Saturday, May 16, 2009. Bibliography: Appelt, Kathi. The Underneath. New York: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2008. Genre: Fantasy/ Young Adult Fiction. National Book Award Finalist. ALA Newbery Honor Book. ALA Notable Children's Books. CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council). NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. In this beautifully written book, a story is interwoven between a cat, a hound dog, a horrible man, and mythical creatures. This book will allow young people to enjoy a...
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Katy M's Books: July 2008
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Sunday, July 20, 2008. Bibliography: Kadohata, Cynthia (2004). Kira-kira. Katie and Lynn are sisters, and best friends. Their family moves from. In order for her parents to find jobs after their Asian grocery store fails. They are treated like freaks—no one understands if they are black or white, and no one wants to accept them, but at least they have each other. Gets sick, Katie is forced to deal with her sister’s illness, poverty and ostracism all by herself. Katie is the main character. I also think t...