Mark your calendars and set your DVRs for a movie version of Christopher Paul Curtis's brilliant book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. The Hallmark Channel will be premiering its original movie version this Friday, September 20th at 7:00. Check out this link for more about the movie and the cast. I have been promoting Christopher Paul Curtis's books to the middle schoolers over the past couple of weeks because they are great historical fiction reads. For more about Curtis and his books, go to the author's website, Nobody But Curtis.
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The sixth and seventh graders became more familiar with the library layout today by participating in a partner scavenger hunt. Examples of the ten items were: 1) a book by an author whose last name starts with the same letter as your own, 2) a biography, 3) a mystery, and 4) a book published before 1999. I was impressed by some of the strategies the kids had for finding the books they needed. By sharing our strategies, we made sure that everyone became aware of the layout of the space and the signs that help guide us to particular sections. After the scavenger hunt, I introduced them to some examples of historical fiction in our library. I also mentioned that if they would like a broader selection of historical fiction books to choose from, the Hennepin County Library website has three lists of historical fiction books for teen readers. You can connect to the lists through the links below:
United States History World History War Stories (check near the bottom of the book summary to see if it is fiction or non-fiction for this list) Let me know if you'd like help finding something of interest to you! |
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