A couple of seventh grade students and I went to the Portland Public Library today to the First Friday Children’s & Young Adult Author Lunch to meet author Alisa Libby and hear her talk about her new book, The Blood Confession, a gothic young adult novel about a 16th century Hungarian noblewoman who begins a [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Book Activity’
January 22, 2007
Seattle, Day 3, Part 2
Our second visit to the exhibit hall was interrupted by an Unfortunate Event: my daughter lost her conference badge. I’m ashamed to admit that I was not very gracious and instead of reassuring her that “everything will be okay,” I got angry and made her cry. (For the record, I did apologize.) The [...]
January 17, 2007
Windsor 7: Choosing Hero/Heroine Stories
Windsor 7 students were in the library with their Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Alvarez today. Each student was to select a “hero/heroine story” to compare/contrast with the legend of King Arthur. In Language Arts, they will be exploring the standard elements of “a hero story.”
To help the students select good books, we [...]
