This is my book blog. To access my blog about reading and books and issues (CCSS, censorship, and the like), visit: http://professornana.livejournal.com I am a professor in the Department of Library Science at Sam Houston State University in Texas where I teach classes in literature for children, tweens, and teens. I have written three professional books and co-authored several as well. I bring more than 30 years of teaching experience to the blog.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Short biographies for Young Readers
SPIRIT SEEKER: JOHN COLTRANE'S MUSICAL JOURNEY by Gary Golio with illustrations by Rudy Gutierrez. Clarion Books, 2012.
John Coltrane's music
Grew from childhood exposure
To song and sorrow. <528>
NOAH WEBSTER AND HIS WORDS by jeri Chase Ferris with illustrations by Vincent Kirsch. Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
Webster loved his words
And made it his lifetime goal
To gather them all. <529>
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biographies,
picture book
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