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About Me
- Helen T.
- Helen is a school media specialist in an urban district, was previously a journalist and is working on a middle grades novel. She grew up in New York and New Jersey and has lived in the Washington, D.C. area, Hungary and the Netherlands as well.
My Favorite Jewish-Themed Children's Books
- Tabak, Simms. Kibitzers and Fools.
- The Gideonites
- The Star and the Sword
- Wiesel, Elie. King Solomon's Magic Ring
My Top 100 Picture Books.
- Aliki. Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories
- Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
- Base, Grahame. Jungle Drums.
- Beaton, Clare. Nursery Rhymes.
- Beaton, Clare. Secret Seahorse.
- Brown, Margaret Wise. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.
- Bruel, Nick. Bad Kitty.
- Celenza, Anna. Bach's Goldberg Variations.
- Celenza, Anna. Haydn's Farewell Symphony.
- Cronin, Doreen. Diary of a Worm; Diary of a Spider.
- Crowells, Cressida. Hiccup the Seasick Viking.
- Dear Snowman
- Eric Carle. Mr. Seahorse.
- Falconer, Ian. Olivia.
- Fleming, Denise. Where There Once Was a Wood.
- Freeman, Don. Ski Pup.
- Freymann, Saxton and Joost Elfers. How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods.
- Gaiman, Neil. The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish.
- Gerstein, Mordecai. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.
- Gilman, Phoebe. Something for Nothing.
- Granowski, Alvin. That Awful Cinderella.
- Gutman, Dan. Casey Back at Bat
- Imogene's Antlers
- Keats, Ezra Jack. Apt. 3
- LeSieg, Theo (Dr. Seuss) and Richard Erdoes. Come Over to My House.
- Lithgow, John. Carnival of the Animals.
- MacDonald, Margaret Read. Mabela the Clever
- Massie, Diane Redfield. The Baby Beebee Bird.
- McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
- McCloskey, Robert. One Morning in Maine.
- Mora, Pat. Dona Flor.
- Nesbit, E. The Book of Beasts.
- Palatini, Marge. Stinky, Smelly Feet.
- Palotta, Jerry. The Extinct Alphabet Book
- Percoli, Matteo. The True Story of Stellina.
- Rylant, Cynthia. An Angel for Solomon Singer.
- Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge series.
- San Souci, Daniel and Robert San Souci. The Dangerous Snake and Reptile Club.
- San Souci, Robert. Two Bear Cubs.
- Sasek, M. This is Israel; This is Venice; This is New York; This is Washington, D.C.
- Scieska, Jon. Baloney.
- Steig, William. Shrek.
- Tabak, Simms. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.
- The Dreamtime Fairies
- The Time It Took Tom.
- Tina and the Penguin.
- Willems, Mo. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (and the sequels).
- Willems, Mo. Leonardo the Terrible Monster.
- Winter, Rick. Dirty Birdy Feet.
- Zion, Gene. No Roses for Harry.
My Favorite Chapter Books for elementary and middle school readers
- Bloor, Edward. Tangerine.
- Blume, Judy. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself.
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess.
- Byng, Georgia. Molly Moon series.
- Chodlenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts.
- Codell, Esme Raji. Sahara Special.
- Cohen, Barbara. The Carp in the Bathtub
- Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
- Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy.
- Hamilton, Virginia. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
- Hesse, Karen. Stowaway.
- Jenkins, Emily. Toys Go out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic.
- Konigsburg, E.L. The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
- Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables series.
- Morpurgo, Michael. I Believe in Unicorns.
- Napoli, Donna Jo. The King of Mulberry Street.
- Ryan, Pamela Munoz. Esperanza Rising.
- Rylant, Cynthia. Gooseberry Park.
- Soto, Gary. Taking Sides.
- Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
- Taylor, Sydney. All-of-a-Kind-Family series.
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House series.
- Winkler, Henry. Hank Zipzer series.
My Favorite 50 Nonfiction Works for Children
- Built to Last: America's Amazing Bridges, Tunnels and Roadways
- Dream of Freedom
- E.R. Vets
- Extreme Animals
- Hatkoff, Isabella. Owen and Mzee
- It's Disgusting and We Ate It: Fascinating Food Facts From Around the World.
- Munro, Roxie. The Inside-Outside Book of Libraries.
- You Wouldn't Want to Be a Servant in Victorian England.
- You Wouldn't Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century.
My Favorite Biographies for Children
- Bakker, Alia. Alia: Saving the Books of Iraq, by Mark Alan Stamaty
- Bloomer, Amelia. You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!
- Dr. Seuss. The Boy from Fairfield Street, by Kathleen Krull.
- Hawkins, Benjamin Waterhouse. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins.
- Keats, Ezra Jack. Keats' Neighborhood.
- Lawrence, Jacob. Story Painter.
- Louis, Joe. Joe Louis, America's Fighter, by David A. Adler.
- Morris, Ester. Ester Morris Gets the Vote!
- Musicians. Schwimmer, Franciska. Great Musicians as Children.
- Myers, Walter Dean. Bad Boy.
- Parks, Rosa. Rosa, by Nikki Grimes.
- Rey. H.A. and Margret Rey. The Journey That Saved Curious George.
- Rudolph, Wilma. Wilma Unlimited, by Kathleen Krull.
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Old Town in the Green Groves: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years. by Cynthia Rylant.
- Wright, Richard. Richard Wright and the Library Card.
My Favorite Young Adult Novels
- Cormier, Robert. Tenderness.
- Sachar, Louis. Holes, and Small Steps.
- Smith, Jeff. Bone series.
- Pullman, Philip. His Dark Materials trilogy.
- Andersen, Laurie Halse. Fever.
- Andersen, Laurie Halse. Speak.
- Stoner and Spaz
Good Pics, Bad Words
- Kalman, Maira. Fireboat: the Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
- Madonna. Yakov and the TK
- Wasserstein, Wendy. Pamela's First Musical
2 comments:
Two remarks:
1. There's no shame in asking for advice. Just don't demonize anyone when you're describing the situation. People in authority hate it when they feel they're being forced to choose sides.
2. For us "lay people" (non librarians who don't work in public schools), please explain what a para is.
Para is short for paraprofessional, which is educatorese for "teaching aide." The official term, I believe, is Education Support Personnel (ESP), but para is standard. How and why that changed over the years from "teaching aide" I don't know.
Yeah, so I approached my direct supervisor about it...we'll talk next week. I agree about not demonizing. For me it's not about winning a power battle, it's about finding a solution to a presently unmanageable situation. The solutions are out there--it's just a matter of not having these teachers interfere with it out of vindictiveness, and that is where having the support of my administrator comes in.
I really have trouble understanding the incivility and lack of respect I see among so many teachers. They often have trouble seeing beyond their immediate needs, it seems, and because as a non-classroom teacher I am not on anyone's team, I easily become a scapegoat.
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