Friday, May 26, 2006

What Happened Today?

Go back in time with the Library of Congress! This new feature, called Today in History, is brought to you by the American Memory Project. Travel through space and time and see amazing photos from long ago! What happened on your birthday? What happened today? Click and find out!

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

A big thank-you!

Just wanted to take this time to thank the great students at East Side Middle School for letting me visit. A special thanks goes to Ms. Hird for inviting me to her class; another special thank-you to Mr. Hird for listening to the same stories five time running! These are the books we got to talk about:

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

Code Orange by Caroline Cooney

Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper

Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan

The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake

Invisible by Pete Hautman

Gossamer by Lois Lowry

Thanks again, everyone! Hope to see you June 1st for Summer Reading Registration!