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The Literacy Coach’s Game Plan
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The Literacy Coach’s Game Plan, Making Teacher Collaboration, Student learning, and School Improvement a Reality by Gabrielle Nidus early 90’s and Maya Sadder. How well I know that teachers can get
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Nov 3, 2020
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The Grimm Legacy
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The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman middle school maybe in the 80's. It turns out that the magical world of fairy tales is true. You just have to go to the New York Circulating Material Repository to
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Mar 18, 2020
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The Joy of the Court
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The Joy of the Court, Retold by Constance Hieatt ’46? Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Constance Hieatt, a Medieval scholar, sought to make the tales of King Arthur accessible to the young. The Joy
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Nov 6, 2018
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Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle
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Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle by Erica Fyvie, ’91. Middle Schoolers will relish this exposé of the truth about the stuff we throw out. While jaunty and accessible for young readers, Tr
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Oct 13, 2018
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Louis Souris et ses amis
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· Louis Souris et ses amis by Margaret Gonzalez(te) illustrated by Judy Brewer(ff). Hmm, mice sneak in everywhere.
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Jan 8, 2018
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Visiting Langston
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· Visiting Langston by Willie Perdomo (‘85). Noticing in Facebook postings (maybe Ed Randolph’s) that Willie had become a published poet, I randomly ordered what I thought would be a book of poet
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Dec 30, 2017
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Courageous Calla
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Courageous Calla & The Clinical Trial by Arya Singh ’18. Still in college, Arya already has a book to her name and one that will be reassuring to children who find themselves participants in clinica
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Jul 8, 2020
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What’s it For?
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What’s it For? by Henry Humphrey ’49. I was surprised to find that the urban contraptions explained in this book are still mostly quite familiar even though the book is fifty years old. Manhole cover
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Sep 2, 2019
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Bad Kitty
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Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel ’83. The rambunctious , constantly reprimanded crowd will love Bad Kitty. She’s not so bad really, -- just doesn’t like veggies and may have a bit of an impulse control issue
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Nov 6, 2018
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We are so Crashing your Bar Mitzvah!!
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We are so Crashing your Bar Mitzvah!! By Fiona Rosenbloom (aka Amanda Stern ‘89) The dust jacket tells us that even shiksas will smile. I can testify that this shiksa, who left eighth grade woes beh
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May 22, 2018
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Guide to Shakespeare’s Macbeth
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· Guide to Shakespeare’s Macbeth(f) by Maria Fahey. Of Maria’s various books, I selected this one because when I was in college, I was one of the witches. Because of all the rehearsals, I know ma
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Dec 30, 2017
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Writing for Law Practice
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Writing for Law Practice by Elizabeth Fajans 60's Mary R Falk and Helene S. Shapo. When I saw that an alum had written a textbook on legal writing, I wondered (not for the first time) am I nuts? Wh
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Mar 18, 2020
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Love and Betrayal, A Catullus Reader
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Love and Betrayal, A Catullus Reader ( Expanded Edition ) by Elizabeth Baer late 70’s early 80’s with cowriters Bruce Arnold, Gilbert Lawall and Andrew Aronson. The poetry of Catullus (84-54 B. C.)
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Jun 25, 2019
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Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein
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Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein by Amanda Peet, ’90? and Andrea Troyer, illustrated by Christine Davinier. Young elementary school children will enjoy reading this picture book and even younger
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Oct 13, 2018
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Where’s Wallace
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Where’s Wallace by Hilary Knight ‘43?. Hilary Knight is well-known for his illustrations of Kay Thompson’s Eloise series, but he has written and illustrated many of his own books. This one invites
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Apr 15, 2018
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The Silver Shuttle
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The Silver Shuttle , by Jennifer Fell Hayes (te). Young readers will link their fates to young Annie, a British adolescent who, by virtue of her courage and kindness, is chosen to save us all fro
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Dec 30, 2017