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This isn't going to be a typical blog, more like all the notes I made when talking to two outstanding junior high librarians who do this at their campuses. There, of course will be some tweaking for high school, but I can see this happening :) So in incomplete sentence and bulleted notes, here's what was said:
Prizes awarded at 5, 8, 12, 15,20, and 25 books. Prizes are incremental, ie school bracelet, ice cream, coupon for Chick Filet, front of the line lunch pass or one-day delayed assignment, and a trip to Main Event. Every five books after that going in a drawing for iTunes cards
ELA teachers are responsible for keeping track (one teacher does book conversations)
Students don't like to write down anything or keep logs
Librarian role is to help find books and keep interest high
Advisory time is DEAR time, once a week for 25-30 minutes
Do books by genre
Another junior high does this program:
Create a Moodle page for the 25 Book Campaign.
Embed a database into the Moodle page. HTML will show up if it's copied and pasted
Iterate this is NOT an ELA thing. It's a school thing
Dates are important to the database so only that month is checked
Students are allowed to keep adding into previous entries to create on book account
Teachers can export an .xls document and sort information
What has access to the database? The librarian manages it and disseminates the info to teachers
High school adaptation and ideas of implementation:
get students involved in the process. Call the President's Club (president's and one other rep from each club on campus) to be the voice of the students
Classroom competition for pizza parties?
Advisory-based bulletin boards throughout the school to promote readers
Teachers are expected to read 25 books as well. They will get rewarded too. Modeling is important
Must decide what a book is: do magazine articles count? How about reading news or articles online? Classroom required reading can be used. Page count is important. ie 10 magazine or online articles represent 1 book
Librarian's role is to roam and do mini booktalks to classes. Check out books on the spot using online catalog
Each advisory teacher will be responsible for their group. These are typically smaller in size than regular classes and more equitable instead of doing this only in ELA classes. EVERY teacher is involved, not just a department
Do a prize patrol to reward students - make it a big celebration, not just an announcement. Principals will be in charge of this
Modify this program for SPED students so they can actively participate.
I don't know of many high schools that do this, so this is an exciting and curious journey we'll be undertaking next year. When things get settled in, I'll be sure to add more information.
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This is our first year for Ghosts Read. It is school wide. Each month, 3 students who have participated, will receive a gift certificate and there will be a pizza party at the end of the school year for the top 20-30 readers (pages)and the top 3 readers will receieve gift certificates. There is a form students fill out and then take it to teacher or librarian and with book in hand provide quick, plot, characters, theme and favorite part of book. This information is signed off on by a teacher or librarian and taken to library and information (student name, pages read)is placed on an excel sheet. There is a display case in the hallway with monthly winners and the total amount of pages read for the month. It was begun to increase recreational reading. Happy with the results so far.
Sandra, this came from our admin. Many will participate but many may not. I think it's one of those programs you have to continue and not stop because only a certain percentage participated. I'm believing and hope the students perpetuate it.
Hi Ms. Bates Your blog is awesome!! I can't wait to one day be in a library too, so I can use some of your super cool ideas for the 25. Have you ever hosted an online book club where students just blog and discuss a book on their own. I am wondering if this would entice a few of my reluctant ones to participate more.
Hey Donna- I have played around with bookclubit.com and it's a great book club site....I'm just not sure how to put 2500 kids in it. But I'll have to agree with you - anything tech and the students are all over it! Thank you for your kind words :)
Welcome to the Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs List! I’m Kate Messner, the children’s author and educator who maintains this site. I started it because I’ve found that virtual author visits are a great way to connect authors and readers, and I realize that many schools facing budget troubles don’t have the option of paid author visits. With that in mind, this is a list of authors who offer free 15-20-minute Q and A sessions with classes and book clubs that have finished reading one of their books. As an author, I offer free Skype chats for the following titles:
(Please check book release dates! Upcoming titles are also listed; Skype visits available upon book’s release!)
If you’re interested in booking a “virtual visit” with me, please visit my website or drop me an email (kmessner at katemessner dot com).
Authors Who Skype With Classes & Book Clubs (for free!)
The following authors offer free 15-20-minute Skype chats with book clubs and classes that have read one of their books! (Many also offer more in-depth virtual visits for a fee.) To arrange a virtual visit, check out the authors’ websites for book choices and contact information. Then ask for their books at your favorite bookstore or visit IndieBound to find a store near you!
If you’re an author of a traditionally published book who would like to be added, please email me (kmessner at katemessner dot com). If you’re a publicist and would like to send a list of all your authors who Skype with book clubs, that’s fabulous, too. Again…this is a list of authors who offer FREE 20-minute Skype chats with classrooms & book clubs that have read one of their books.
If you’re a bookseller or book club member, teacher, or librarian, thanks for stopping by – and feel free to comment with any questions!
The New York Times had some key facts: “Liquor stores outnumber bookstores by three to one (the average household spent $100 annually on reading materials and $2,504 on other forms of entertainment). More Americans belong to a fantasy sports league (10.6 million) than to book clubs (5.7 million). Book club members are outnumbered by avid bird-watchers (5.8 million).”
You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers and authors. You can share your work at our free Mediabistro Book Club April 2, 2013 in New York City.
If you are an author or publicist looking to participate, you can follow this link to apply. The deadline is Friday, March 1, 2013 at 11:59 PM (EST). If you are a reader, mark your calendar–the next installment of our free book club will feature four authors from different genres, tons of book giveaways and plenty of practical conversation. The location will be announced soon.
Check it out: “Mediabistro is proud to announce the Mediabistro book club, where authors can highlight their latest work for Mediabistro party attendees. At the event, four authors will mingle and share drinks with Mediabistro’s influential audience and read a five minute selection from their work.”
Librarian Mr. Schu along with teacher Mr. Sharp of the #SharpSchu Book Club, have just announced the books they'll discuss for National Poetry Month : Sharon Creech's LOVE THAT DOG and MAY B.! Mr. Schu is giving away copies of both books at his blog, Watch. Connect. Read. Enter to win and please consider joining us on Twitter April 24 at 8:00 EST, hashtag #SharpSchu.
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We also have a giveaway this week: Enter at Pen and Ink to win a copy of Sariah Wilson’s The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back. I love this quirky YA story. I think you will too. http://thepenandinkblog.blogspot.com/
You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers and authors.
In an ongoing effort to build community among readers, writers, and publishing types in real life, we are hosting our next Mediabistro Book Club on May 16, 2012 from 6:30 until 8:30 pm at Stone Creek Bar & Lounge in Manhattan.
Oprah Winfrey relaunched her book club today, celebrating Wild by Cheryl Strayed in a video about “Book Club 2.0.” The New York Times broke the news with a Winfrey video and story.
“I was reading this book. As a real book. Holding up the book. I was on the edge of my seat reading the book and I was like, ‘Where is The Oprah Winfrey Show when you need to announce and tell everybody about this book? I need the book club.’ So I created Book Club 2.0 for this book, Wild by Cheryl Strayed!” cheered Winfrey, waving the book in a video presentation.
The new club will feature social media components, annotated eBooks and be tied in with Winfrey’s cable station.
Would your book club make a good television show? The Book Club Show will be a book-themed show on public television, and they just published a casting call for book club members.
Follow this link to apply. If your club ends up getting picked, be sure to tell us all about it. The video embedded above explains more about the upcoming show.
Check it out: “We’re looking for book clubs, book club members, and everyone who loves books to join the interactive conversation on TV. If you love to read and talk about books, and if you and your book club think you would like to be on TV, please submit your audition application. We’re looking for a book club group of 5-8 people, and we strongly urge you to apply as an individual book club member or as a book club group (4-8 members.) In order to be considered, you must fill out our SURVEY. Book clubs responding to the CASTING CALL must have each member applying fill out the SURVEY.” (Via Sarah Weinman & Wilda Williams & Random House)
You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers and authors. To help our community grow, we will host our second West Coast edition of the Mediabistro Book Club on July 18th at Whiskey Blue in Los Angeles.
Follow this link to RSVP. The free event will feature giveaway books and lots of literary conversation. Our featured authors will include:
Okay, so I took the summer off from everything except a few tweets here and there. This summer was just a time-out for me so get re-focused and enjoy bliss. Don't get me wrong, I love the library, librarianship, librarians...but I wanted to enjoy other things. I painted, swam, became a master at Tiny Wings, and cooked some savory and unsavory dishes. I vacationed, I slept, and I spent time planting trees and trying to keep them alive in this hellish heat.
But now, I'm back at work and there's something to be said about going back to work and getting back that professional focus. I want to be ON FIRE this year!! So, what do I have planned? Oh, so many things! First of all, this is the year I program! I've been saving emails, listening to what others have done, and will try to replicate these in the library. Here are a few ideas (not all my own ideas, so thanks virtual friends out there!) We'll meet once a six weeks or monthly, depending on how good my group is :)
Blind Date a Book - wrap a book in brown paper wrapping and have them be checked out by my (hopefully) book club to read and swap.
Poetry Slam - So many ideas! I'm following a thread right now about Blackout Poetry and Susan Smith has a wonderful idea dealing with words and pages. I'm also going to try my hand at spine poetry as well
Book Club - I've heard many people talk about how hard it is to get a high school group going, but I'm still going to try. I'll do it during lunches where there will be incentive (think food) as well as online through bookclubit
Book Bake-Off - I saw this last semester and loved the idea! Read a book, bake something that's thematic or relevant to the book and display (tasting later!!)
Book Art - Who doesn't like a great craft now and then? Who doesn't have weeded books they're getting rid of? In comes book art for the book club. It'll be all about cutting, shredding, pasting, and redesigning for library displays!
Book Techie - Let's get these kids involved! I'll be setting up GoodReads and Shelfari with the students as well as getting each one to read an e-book from the collection. I'll also try my hand at book trailers (of course!!)
I Dont Wanna Read Non-Fiction! - Get the club to choose and read non-fiction and create a web-based project about the book to be displayed on the library webpage
Booktalking by Genre - pick a favorite genre, read a book, booktalk it!
And so that's what I want to do this year besides the co-teaching with teachers, doing booktalks, helping with technology and databases and being involved on the state level. You know, it may sound like a lot, but for high school librarians, it's something we can all handle and do, especially with capable help. Wish me luck in this endeavor!!!!!
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Naomi, We have been holding a relatively steady and successful book club at our high school for several years now, and you are absolutely right... food is the draw. When we had 2 librarians, we each made a crock pot of soup for our club kids (relatively cheap and makes lots of portions!). That drew them in, and we generally have 20 kids sign up and about 12-15 show up. This year, we're down to one, so I plan to just make dessert (cookies, cupcakes, or brownies) and the kids can bring their lunch with them. We'll see if I still get decent numbers, but good luck!! Let us know what books you all are reading!
You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers and authors. You can share your work at our free Mediabistro Book Club November 14, 2012 in New York City.
If you are an author or publicist looking to participate, you can follow this link to apply. The deadline is October 15, 2012 at 11:59 PM (PT). If you are a reader, mark your calendar–the next installment of our free book club will feature four authors from different genres, tons of book giveaways and plenty of practical conversation. The location will be announced soon.
Check it out: “Mediabistro is proud to announce the Mediabistro book club, where authors can highlight their latest work for Mediabistro party attendees. At the event, four authors will mingle and share drinks with Mediabistro’s influential audience and read a five minute selection from their work.”
You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers and authors.
In an ongoing effort to build community among readers, writers, and publishing types in real life, we are hosting our next Mediabistro Book Club tonight (November 14, 2012) from 6:30 until 8:30 pm at The Stand in Manhattan (see map).
Oprah Winfrey revealed her second Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis. Published by Knopf, the book “tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one indomitable heroine.”
Winfrey explained her choice: “The opening pages of Ayana’s debut took my breath away … I can’t remember when I read anything that moved me in quite this way, besides the work of Toni Morrison.”
Winfrey will release an Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 edition of the book. She will interview Mathis on Sunday, February 3 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN’s “Super Soul Sunday,” but the episode will air on Oprah.com and OWN’s Facebook page and on Oprah Radio’s “Oprah’s Soul Series” on Sirius radio.
Recently, one my sisters asked me for recommendations for her book group. Below is an edited version (without most of the family in jokes) of my reply to her. Book Clubs, pay attention!
" I loved The Little Women Letters. It's a really fun book especially for people who read the original Little Women. Nothing too terribly shocking or wrenching here but a LOT of funny conversations! The book sort of reminds me of dinner at Mom and Dad's when we are - most of us - in a good mood." For those of you, not familiar with this book, here's a quick summary. A great-great-?-granddaughter of Jo March finds some letters of her famous great-x-grandmother in the attic of her parents' home in London. The letters dovetail with the family drama surrounding the main character, her two sisters, their various love interests/careers/friends and their parents.
My response continues "A book that will definitely make the book club circuit is The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. The main character is someone who is so damaged by her life in foster care that she finds it easier to use flowers to communicate - using the Victorian language of the flowers. I mean, she talks but about emotional stuff she uses flowers. This book is HOT right now.
And here's a book just out this month that is a total change of pace but absolutely riveting - Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff. IN 1945, in New Guinea, a plane of GIs and WACs took off for a "pleasure flight" to fly over a valley, populated by Stone Age possibly cannibalistic natives, that had never been charted. They crashed. This is the true story of the three survivors and how they were rescued. There's good reporting here and interesting anthropology and the way they were finally carried out of that valley is breath-taking. This book was so, SO good once I got into it.
I just got, in the mail, two books that look intriguing. I started both of them. The Last Testament: a Memoir by GOD is a funny tell-all look at God's existence handed down by the Big Man Himself to a lowly author named David Javerbaum. Oops, it's not out until November.
Another one due out in October that I HAVE - ALREADY - because I am the book GODDESS!! Or Book Saint! Is The Train of Small Mercies by David Rowell. This book follows several people who want to watch the funeral train of Robert F. Kennedy as it makes it way to Washington DC. Did you know that the last thing he said was "Is everybody all right?" This is going to be a book club favorite, I think. I have started it and the characters are people who are easy to care about.
A book that I gave to Mom but did not read myself - I started it and the writing is very nice - is The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy. It takes place in the Guernsey Islands during WWII so comparisons with The Potato Peel Pie Society are inevitable. Mom said that the ending made it all worth while.
Right now, I am preparing for a book review session that is being billed as "Best Books for Children's and Teens - 2011 by Karen Maurer". Josh Berk - an author and al
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Bible study leaders Chuck and Stephanie Fromm were fined $300 this month for hosting a Bible study at their home in California. According to the City of San Juan Capistrano, the couple needs a “conditional use permit” for churches to host the study and would face $500 fines for future events.
The nonprofit legal defense fund Pacific Justice Institute has appealed the ruling and will represent the Bible study participants.
Here’s more from the Pacific Justice Institute: “The Bible study group, which met on Sunday mornings, until the City threatened further fines, was perfectly suited for his home, said Chuck Fromm. There was no noise beyond normal conversation and quiet music on the home stereo system. They met inside their family room and patio area. Many neighbors have written letters of support, denying they were disturbed by the presence of the Bible study. The group is not affiliated with any particular church, nor is it seeking to establish a church in the home.”
Giveaway Winners: Congratulations to Leigh Ann Gregorie and Mary Reiss! They have won signed copies of "The Canticle Kingdom". (Yes, I decided to choose two winners due to the number of entries.
Also congratulations to Debbie Davis who has won a three-chapter manuscript critique. I'm excited to see her work. If you did not win this time around, don't worry. I'll do another blog hope near the end of October with more chances to win. Thank you to you all for entering and I hope that you will continue to visit my blog. I'll try to make it as interesting as possible!
Writing Update: I've been doing a crazy project that fell in my lap this week. A local law firm has tasked me with translating about 40 pages of German legal documents into English. If you've ever studied legal documents, you know how complex they can be. German legal documents take this even a step further. They love huge compound words that translate to five or six words when translated. Working on this has taken up most of my usual writing time this week, so sadly, I did not make much progress on anything.
The commission for this work, however, will be a large help to my family. I'll just commit to work twice as hard this week in order to make progress on my works in progress. In the coming weeks, I'm going to introduce you all to the works I'm going to be submitting soon so you can get a better idea of what I'm working on.
Looking for Bookclubs: I'm looking for book clubs who are interesting in reading one or both of my books in their book club. If you live around Salt Lake City, I'd love to come visit in person, but if you live anywhere else, I'd love to participate through Skype. Leave me a comment if you are interested, or send me an email at thecanticlekingdom@gmail.com
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Simon & Schuster has launched a book club site on Facebook called “Something to Read About.” The club will open on October 12th with a discussion on Jaycee Dugard‘s memoir, A Stolen Life. Readers can join in from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET.
Follow this link to browse the site. Here’s more: “This new page is designed to enhance readers experience with books and authors by featuring a variety of activities and events including a spotlight ‘Book-of-the-Month’ title, moderated conversations about favorite books, a listing of authors from all Simon & Schuster’s imprints who are available to call into reading groups, favorite book club selections, and daily updates. Fans of the page will also have direct access to videos, photos, a book-specific discussion forum, and excerpts as well as opportunities to interact with some authors and enter contests for free books.”
October’s book-of-the-month title will be Alice Hoffman‘s The Dovekeepers. Jodi Picoult‘s Sing You Home will follow in November and Kathleen Grissom‘s The Kitchen House in December. The site also has two book club samplers available with excerpts from popular authors including Phillipa Gregory, Chris Cleave and Samuel Park. What do you think?
You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers, and authors. To help our community grow, we will host our second West Coast edition of the Mediabistro Book Club tonight (October 11th) in Los Angeles.
To support Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman and The Violets of March by Sarah Jio, the publisher is encouraging co-ed book clubs to host violet-themed book parties. Follow this link to sign up on Facebook–co-ed clubs can win prizes and interact with the authors online.
Jio gave this statement in the release: “I know very few women who read books with the men in their lives, and zero women who go to co-ed book clubs. I found that Domestic Violets and The Violets of March share themes that men and women can all relate to: loss, the complexities of marriage, trust, forgiveness, finding our way, and so much more. We both write about the male and female experience from two different perspectives.”
(People who like prints, signed or otherwise, should check out the Prints page at Cat's Neverwear.net - the Molly Crabapple Desert Wind posters go up in price on November 1st).
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I did an interview with a reporter about The Simpsons this morning. It was fun and odd to be talking about it, and here is a picture of me and an egg salad from the upcoming episode with me in it to celebrate. Am I pleased about this egg salad? Do I look pleased? Why is the title of the Simpsons episode The Book Job? Why have I blogged three times in 12 hours after not having blogged for two weeks? Will anyone ever fix the Livejournal officialgaiman syndicated feed? Why did I say the egg salad was a tuna salad on WhoSay? Is it something to do with the colour?
On Sunday, I met with my first book club, the Stanford Chicano/Latino Alumni Association Book Club of Southern California. It was a good thing the eight alumni met in Pasadena. This meant that after driving from Santa Barbara to New Orleans, with numerous stops in between and returning in a fiendish schedule of one night and two days to cover two thousand miles in order to do a book signing at the Book Den in Santa Barbara last Thursday and then attend a wedding reception on Saturday, I only had to drive to Pasadena and not Stanford Sunday morning. As you can guess from my long-winded sentences, I’m pretty tired from all the driving, but each stop offers new opportunities that make me grateful for venturing out to promote my debut novel, Ocotillo Dreams. I never had a quinceañera, but I guess the book tour is like one big quinceañera without the fancy gown and tiara. The expenses are comparable and I must certainly rely on the book’s madrinas and padrinos for lodging, meals, and sales.
Sunday’s madrinas and padrinos were the Stanford Chicano/Latino Alumni Association Book Club of Southern California. The host was our very own, Michael Sedano, of La Bloga. He was one of the first readers to review my book on La Bloga and to give his very strong opinion of the characters in Ocotillo Dreams. It’s too bad he is not a member of Amazon and cannot offer his review. Anyone who has ever ordered from Amazon can review any book or simply press the ‘like’ button if they enjoyed the read. Michael served up a mean menudo. I was a little congested and cruda from the previous night’s party when I arrived, but a little menudo helped. He also had coffee, juice, mimosas, and champagne, along with pan dulce, tortillas, and all the usual fixings for menudo, including fresh oregano from his garden. The Stanford Chicano/Latino Alumni Association Book Club of Southern California
I was pleasantly surprised from the vigorous comments of the Stanford alumni and a little relieved that there were no snarky comments about me being a Cal alum (Stanford’s rival). Michael was kind enough to wear his Berkeley Dad sweatshirt and Concepcion mentioned that she also had a daughter who went to Berkeley. This group had much to say about my book. For the first fifteen to thirty minutes (what seemed like an eternity), I was allowed to listen to the group discuss my book as if I weren’t in the room. A fly on the wall is how someone put it. Then came the defense. I was allowed to speak and answer questions such
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Melinda, this sounds like it was a wonderful adventure for you. I'm glad your book tour is going well, exhausting though it seems to be. Continued successes to you!
setting: twenty-first century America and nineteenth-century England
age range: young adult
Kirkus starred review: This richly satisfying tale of first and last love transcends its genre—not another breathless, fan-fiction take on a literary classic but an intertextual love letter.
Please tell us about your book.
A BREATH OF EYRE is about Emma Townsend, a girl who seeks solace in books to help her escape her loneliness at her exclusive prep school. She has few friends and even fewer romantic prospects, unless you count her crush on her English teacher. But escape soon arrives in a leather-bound copy of JANE EYRE. Emma feels a strong sense of kinship with the lonely, headstrong Jane, but when a lightning strike catapults her into Jane’s body and her nineteenth-century world, Emma is torn between two vastly different worlds, and two vastly different men. Moving between her two realities and uncovering secrets in both, Emma must decide whether her destiny lies in the pages of Jane’s story, or in the unwritten chapters of her own.
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You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers, and authors. You can share your work at the third West Coast edition of the Mediabistro Book Club on July 18th in Los Angeles.
If you are an author or publicist looking to participate, you can follow this link to apply. The deadline is May 18, 2012 at 11:59 PM (PT). If you are a reader, mark your calendar–the next installment of our free book club will feature four authors from different genres, tons of book giveaways and plenty of practical conversation. The location will be announced soon.
Check it out: “Mediabistro.com is proud to announce the July mediabistro book club, where authors can highlight their latest work to mediabistro party attendees. At the event, four authors will mingle and share drinks with mediabistro.com’s influential audience and read a five minute selection from their work. To be considered, submit your application by May 18. You will be notified of your acceptance one month prior to the party.”
You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers and authors.
In an ongoing effort to build community among readers, writers, and publishing types in real life, we are hosting our next Mediabistro Book Club on May 16, 2012 from 6:30 until 8:30 pm at Stone Creek Bar & Lounge in Manhattan.
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You can read all the online book reviews in the world, but nothing beats real-world conversations between readers and authors.
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Oprah Winfrey relaunched her book club today, celebrating 
Oprah Winfrey revealed her second Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis. Published by Knopf, the book “tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one indomitable heroine.”
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Simon & Schuster has launched a book club site on Facebook called “Something to Read About.” The 
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What an awesome start!
Thank YOU for your valuable input about databases!!!
I would love to do something like this. Any suggestions for getting teachers onboard?
I would love to do something school-wide like this. My reading promos have been hit or miss types of things. Any ideas for getting teachers onboard?
This is our first year for Ghosts Read. It is school wide. Each month, 3 students who have participated, will receive a gift certificate and there will be a pizza party at the end of the school year for the top 20-30 readers (pages)and the top 3 readers will receieve gift certificates. There is a form students fill out and then take it to teacher or librarian and with book in hand provide quick, plot, characters, theme and favorite part of book. This information is signed off on by a teacher or librarian and taken to library and information (student name, pages read)is placed on an excel sheet. There is a display case in the hallway with monthly winners and the total amount of pages read for the month. It was begun to increase recreational reading. Happy with the results so far.
Sandra, this came from our admin. Many will participate but many may not. I think it's one of those programs you have to continue and not stop because only a certain percentage participated. I'm believing and hope the students perpetuate it.
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BJ Thank you so much for sharing this information. Good stuff!
Hi Ms. Bates Your blog is awesome!! I can't wait to one day be in a library too, so I can use some of your super cool ideas for the 25. Have you ever hosted an online book club where students just blog and discuss a book on their own. I am wondering if this would entice a few of my reluctant ones to participate more.
Hey Donna-
I have played around with bookclubit.com and it's a great book club site....I'm just not sure how to put 2500 kids in it. But I'll have to agree with you - anything tech and the students are all over it!
Thank you for your kind words :)