About Sue
I teach reading by day to 7th and 8th graders. By night, I am a college professor, dog cuddler, head rubber, reader, and now blogger. I play the piano but only infrequently and recently bought a book of music called I Used to Play Piano. I am the immediate past chair of the Notable Books for a Global Society Committee for IRA, a job which has put me over the edge in terms of shelf space for ch... More
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Books Recently Added to Sue's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |||
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Books 1 - 4 from Sue's bookshelf Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
1. Far Above Rubies (Paperback) Author: Cynthia Polansky Publisher: Martin & Lawrence Press |
Young Adults |
5/25/2008 Add | |||
Sue said: Cynthia Polansky has written with such compassion in this book. With so many books on the Holocaust that are currently on the market, it would seem that all of the stories have been told. But they'r...more tags: Inspired me | |||||
57 Reviews | |||||
2. Fartiste (Hardcover) Author: Kathleen Krull, Paul Brewer Illustrator: Boris Kulikov Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
Ages 4-8 |
5/25/2008 Add | |||
Sue said: This is an absolutely gaseous story of the man who gained fame by farting! My 8th graders loved it and one very reluctant reader was inspired to research this guy who could make a lot of money by doi...more tags: I recommend | |||||
31 Reviews | |||||
3. Snow Queen (Paperback) Author: Hans Christian Andersen Publisher: Olympic Marketing Corp |
N/A |
2/27/2008 Add | |||
Sue said: As I sit at my computer and watch the wind blow on this second snow day of the school year, I am thinking of the Snow Queen and how it was the power of love and the redemptive nature of storytelling t...more tags: Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
31 Reviews | |||||
4. Feathers (Hardcover) Author: Jacqueline Wilson Publisher: Putnam Juvenile |
Ages 9-12 |
8/23/2007 Add | |||
Sue said: Hope certainly is a thing with feathers, and, as Hildegard von Bingen put it, we are often feathers on the breath of God. So is the main character in this book that I plan to share with my 7th grade ...more tags: I recommend | |||||
1,423 Reviews | |||||
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Profile Comments
Comment by Michelle Kwasney on 5/30/2008 at 2:07 PM:
Hi Sue,
You asked why I chose Ohio as the setting for my new novel, ITCH. It's funnny -- Ohio just "spoke" to me (much like the character did, I suppose) -- though I have family there, so that might have influenced my decision. I hope you get to read ITCH and that you enjoy it!
:-) Michell... more
You asked why I chose Ohio as the setting for my new novel, ITCH. It's funnny -- Ohio just "spoke" to me (much like the character did, I suppose) -- though I have family there, so that might have influenced my decision. I hope you get to read ITCH and that you enjoy it!
:-) Michell... more
Comment by Michelle Kwasney on 5/26/2008 at 9:36 AM:
Hi Sue,
Your passion for the work you do truly shines through in your profile. Your lucky students!
Thanks for saying you want to read my first novel, BABY BLUE. I hope you'll check out my second one, too - ITCH, just published, which takes place in Ohio against the backdrop of... more
Your passion for the work you do truly shines through in your profile. Your lucky students!
Thanks for saying you want to read my first novel, BABY BLUE. I hope you'll check out my second one, too - ITCH, just published, which takes place in Ohio against the backdrop of... more
Comment by Jon R. Portrey on 2/27/2008 at 10:47 AM:
Ok, Your crazy? haha I will figure away to get people to like my books and even like what I have to say about life and how we should live it.
Ok, Your crazy? haha I will figure away to get people to like my books and even like what I have to say about life and how we should live it.
Comment by Jon R. Portrey on 2/27/2008 at 9:01 AM:
Yeah, I would hope that they do listen, but someone will and I hope it will spread either through the masses or slowly with individuals. i work as a janitor lets just say that I will leave my book behind in a pile of books once it is published in all the schools I go to. Janitor is a temp job. jus... more
Comment by Jon R. Portrey on 2/26/2008 at 11:24 PM:
On my name is Jon R. Portrey to see the authors
On my name is Jon R. Portrey to see the authors
Comment by Jon R. Portrey on 2/26/2008 at 11:24 PM:
Thanks for the add, I try to be a good person every chance I get. All in all I am a good person. Something I hope to teach to my childern and my nephew and cousin. Not to let people walk all over you but be nice. www.worthyofpublishing check out my childerns book The Little, Big Tree.
Thanks for the add, I try to be a good person every chance I get. All in all I am a good person. Something I hope to teach to my childern and my nephew and cousin. Not to let people walk all over you but be nice. www.worthyofpublishing check out my childerns book The Little, Big Tree.
Comment by Carla Sarratt on 1/12/2008 at 3:04 PM:
Sue,
I taught 9th and 11th graders who were also reluctant readers. I am a part of The Brown Bookshelf and we have several recommendations for reluctant readers that I think some of your students will enjoy. Check us out at http://thebrownbookshelf.com/blog/ where we have put together e... more
I taught 9th and 11th graders who were also reluctant readers. I am a part of The Brown Bookshelf and we have several recommendations for reluctant readers that I think some of your students will enjoy. Check us out at http://thebrownbookshelf.com/blog/ where we have put together e... more
Comment by Carla Sarratt on 1/12/2008 at 3:00 PM:
The warm weather makes everything better although we had a cold snap recently that really made me think of Cleveland.
The warm weather makes everything better although we had a cold snap recently that really made me think of Cleveland.
Comment by Carla Sarratt on 1/10/2008 at 10:33 AM:
Sue,
I saw your comment in another profile that you are a Cleveland native. I am as well and attended Warrensville Heights Schools, but took my SAT and ACT tests at Shaker Hts. High School.
Sue,
I saw your comment in another profile that you are a Cleveland native. I am as well and attended Warrensville Heights Schools, but took my SAT and ACT tests at Shaker Hts. High School.
Comment by Kristina Coia on 1/6/2008 at 7:02 PM:
Miz Browne,
Thanks for signing up to be one of my friends. My motivational program, Shine Through, is a program that helps middle school girls (and now boys) learn how to be themselves and to stop wearing masks to cover up who they really are. They learn examples of how they might be playing s... more
Thanks for signing up to be one of my friends. My motivational program, Shine Through, is a program that helps middle school girls (and now boys) learn how to be themselves and to stop wearing masks to cover up who they really are. They learn examples of how they might be playing s... more
Comment by Tracy Grand on 3/22/2007 at 1:10 PM:
Hi Sue, I am glad to have you join the JacketFlap community. Tracy
Hi Sue, I am glad to have you join the JacketFlap community. Tracy
As a teacher, I thought you might want to know about the debut (last Monday) of The Picnic Basket where school and library professionals taste new and forthcoming children's books with first-come, first-serve sample copies of books for kids of all ages. We send free books. You tell us what y... more