Perfect Trailer
New author Simone Elkeles has produced a wonderful little trailer to promote her new YA book, Perfect Chemistry. I’ve been sharing it all day, I may as well share it here, too!
Month: December 2008
People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos
Posted on behalf of People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos. If you work in a public library and are interested in the program below, please email stephaniehanzel@hotmail.com or call 609-323-7552. People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos is a reading and discussion program offered in English or Spanish with the aim of creating access to literature. It is a program… Read More People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos
60 for Human Rights
Today is the 60th anniversary of the Unversal Declaration of Human Rights. Have you signed yet? I call for a recommitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which recognizes that “the inherent dignity and… the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace… Read More 60 for Human Rights
Doing
Just a few unrelated things to do: From over at the Brown Bookshelf is information about an online chat tomorrow (10 Dec) for those of us interested in African American teen lit. The event is part of Rawsistaz 7th Annual Reading and Writing Affair, an completely online conference for authors, readers and literary enthusiasts. Rawsistaz… Read More Doing
Booked
I was in book heaven today! Despite the below freezing temps and snowy slick roads, I made way to a local book warehouse where a friend of a friend supplied a name and I was able to enter the vault and have access to its treasures. I got copies of The Soloist, Philip Hall likes… Read More Booked
Cotton Quilts Edi 