Posted by: eiela on: 23 November 2008
Just got back from the Tennessee Association of School Librarian conference yesterday. Too pooped and sick to write much today, but hope to have more later. Lots of good ideas I want to take back to my teachers and students. Loved hearing Deborah Wiles and Will Richardson speak! Wanted to blog about it while [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 23 November 2008
That Book Woman is both an account of the impact of the pack horse librarians that brought books to isolated Appalachian families, and the story of how one illiterate boy, Cal, becomes a reader. As a librarian, this book made me tear up; I loved how Cal changes from resenting his sister’s love of books [...]
