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![]() His grandfather is a professional photographer (first as a war photographer in Vietnam and then a wedding photographer for decades) and has taught Pete a lot about the art, so Pete signs up for a photography class at the high school. ![]() What is there besides pitching? And can he get up the courage to tell his best friend and pitching partner, AJ, that baseball isn’t in the cards for him anymore? Now Pete has to find a whole new life for himself. His whole world has been baseball, but after a nagging pain that he failed to mention to anyone, he’s done some serious damage to his arm and even after surgery, the doctor tells him there is no way he’ll ever pitch again. curveball the year i lost my grip by jordan sonnenblickĬurveball follows Pete, just starting his freshman year of high school and coming off a pretty bad year. ![]() Like Sonnenblick’s previous books, this one was full of heart, funny, and delightful. ![]() I’ve loved every other book Jordan Sonnenblick has written and after hearing him speak at ALA, I liked him even more (which delighted me, since I’ve found that sometimes I like an author significantly less after seeing them in person).Īnd happily, like the author, Curveball was no disappointment. It probably won’t surprise you that Curveball the Year I Lost My Grip was one of the first books I read after I got back from Dallas in January. ![]() ![]() ![]() His non-fiction includes the book (S)kinfolk and has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, and the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, among other places. His short fiction has appeared in The Best American Science-Fiction, The Year’s Best Science Fiction, and elsewhere. In addition to his new novel, Goliath, Onyebuchi's previous fiction includes Riot Baby, a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and NAACP Image Awards and winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction, the Ignyte Award for Best Novella, and the World Fantasy Award the Beasts Made of Night series and the War Girls series. This program is in conjunction with the New Haven's One City, One Read initiative celebrating the works of Octavia Butler, specifically Parable of the Sower, and the importance of representation in science fiction. Join the New Haven Free Public Library for an exploration of the works of local, bestselling, and award-winning author Tochi Onyebuchii, with highlights from his latest book Goliath set in New Haven. ![]() ![]() ![]() Units on pond habitats or for teaching poetry. Make for interesting, engaging learning experience about pond ![]() Illustration, a paragraph of scientific information relating to theĪnimals and plants referenced or described in the poem. From springs first thaw to autumns chill, the world of the pond. ![]() Poem integrated into the illustration, and on the side of the Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems By Joyce Sidman, Illustrated By Beckie Prange. Twelve spreads similar in format to the first and third spread below, with a Peek Inside Below and at right are three sample 3-6 DRA Level: 40 Grade Level Equiv: 4.7 Guided Reading: S Reviews Best Books of the Year * Booklist Editor's Natural world! This book is succeeds on all fronts!īooks - 2006 * School Library Journal Best Books of 2006 * National Council of Teachers of English Notable Book in Language Arts * National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book * Publisher's Habitats and Prange's stunning woodcuts, which are a perfect The poem "Diving Beetle's Food-Sharing Rules".basically, he doesn't!)Īdd to this the wealth of accessible information on pond ![]() Poems, which are not only lyrical, clever, and evocative, butĪlso accessible for young ones. Sidman usesĭifferent poetic forms (haiku, rhymed and unrhymed verse.) in her Teaching, most notably in poetry and habitat units. There are so many layers to this book and so many ways to use it in ![]() ![]() ![]() But she also spoke her mind and was hilarious when she did so. It wasn’t that she was particularly outgoing or boisterous in fact she was a pretty chill person, quiet, reserved. ![]() Apparently she’d been a shy little kid, but I could never quite picture her that way. That surprised me, since I’d never known Hannah to be anything but forthcoming and confident. ![]() She nodded quickly, licking her lips nervously. Both Jo and I looked at her and then followed her frozen-rabbit stare across the room to the young man who was bussing a table in the corner.Ī little young for me, of course, but I could see the attraction. Jo was talking to me about Joss and Braden’s photos from their honeymoon in Hawaii when I felt Hannah tense beside me. I sat at the table with Dad, Dee, Jo, Cam, Cole, and Hannah and did my very best to be there and be present, but every now and then a memory from the past week would cross my mind and I’d get lost in a little Nate-and-Olivia fantasy until one of my companions dragged me out of it. We had no idea if he was working that night, but we’d decided it was worth a shot. She was having a wee bit of bother getting Marco to talk to her, so we’d decided the only way to see what the hell was up was to create a situation where she could see him without looking like a total stalker. Jo had chosen D’Alessandro’s because we had two extra guests that evening. ![]() Still, I was looking forward to the distraction of Friday dinner with my dad and company. 25 Inspirational Books to Change Your Life ![]() |