Class #3, November 25 Odds and ends (Hilary, papers, lit circles, censorship) Christina’s book talk Russell Freedman presentation Nonfiction Murphy and Tillage Books brought in for browsing Break Walter Dean Myers presentation Kate DiCamillo presentation Book discussion Preview of historical fiction
Odds and Ends Hilary Van Dusen Papers Literature circles Censorship
Christina’s booktalk Race: A History Beyond Black and White by Marc Aronson
Russell Freedman presentation Alicia Henriquez Michal-Ann Golay Aradhana Mudambi
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (started in 2001) ants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm
Jim Murphy Grew up in NJ Worked in publishing Left to write full time Has written more than 30 books about American History (mostly nonfiction) Awards Lives in NJ with wife, 2 children
Jim Murphy resources Jim Murphy’s website Study guide for An American Plague Acceptance speech for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Audio of this speech
Leon Walter Tillage & Susan Roth
Oral History resources Step-by-step guide: alHistory.html For teachers: ome.html
Books for browsing
Break
Walter Dean Myers presentation Megan Chamberlain Hui Xin Tan Rose Wongsarnpigoon
Peter Sís presentation Joanna Batt Lizzie Brook Bridget Maher
Group 1Group 2 Group 3 Vaneeta Ahuja (a) Joanna Batt Lizzie Brook Kathryn Hurley Wendy Israel (a) Hilary Lustick Aradhana Mudambi Christy Ostrowski Holly Takashima Khalilah Ummah Reed Weeden Brette Wolff Charlene Deming Michal-Ann Golay Caroline Goldstein Alicia Henriquez Eveleen Hsu Bridget Maher Alana McDonough (a) Erin Simmons Ali Stein (a) Lesley Sylvan Rose Wongsarnpigoon Megan Chamberlain Carolyn Coates Janelle Colosi Mehgan Greenberg Annie Hoffman Suzannah Holsenbeck Susan Kenien Kelton Myers Julie Rosenberg (a) Hui Xin Tan Frances Tompkins
Next week: Historical fiction