AASL Unveils Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning: ALA Annual 2012

AASL Unveils Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning: ALA Annual 2012
These websites are usually terrific. Check them out and let me know which ones you love, and which ones are challenging

Watch Live Streaming of Book Expo America!

Midterm Experience 2012

Next Wednesday, January 25 The Wheatley School will host our annual midterm experience. Presenters from all around the NYC area will conduct workshops with students in a variety of ways from writing, to acting, to graphic comics and more. Two of the presenters are YA authors with highly regarded debut novels, Joshua Cohen and Caroline Bock. ( Caroline's husband is a Wheatley alum!). If you have not read their books, they are MUST reads! Both deal with issues of morality and choices, of doing the right thing. In addtion, our own esteemed Wheatley teachers will also be conducting workshops. Looking forward to it for sure!

Fabulous Fantasy

The Wheatley School Book Club affectionately known as BAA ( Book Addicts Anonymous) has created another fantastic display of our favorite fantasy books. Of course, we had to make sure that the books have eye catching covers, because as you know, we do judge books by their covers, especially when they are on display at the front of the IMC!  Thanks to our resident creative artist and banner maker, and stellar book club member Alexandra for making the most beautiful banner for our display.

Speking of fantasty, what is your fav? ( I love Gracling )

THE HUNGER GAMES TRAILER!!!!!

NO NEED FOR COMMENTARY: MARCH 23. PERIOD THE END!

Stages on Pages

Attended The Dolphin Bookshop Stages on Pages event this afternoon with Rick Leidenfrost-Wilson. Great to meet authors who have written about the arts in YA fiction. Bought all the books and am looking forward to reading them. One of the authors turned me onto a cool website netgalley.com where you can download ARC's ( Advanced Reader Copies) of books not yet published. How cool is THAT!

Field Trip to meet Conor Grennan



Conor Grennan



If you hang with me or have asked for a book recommendation in the past 6 months, you know I will recommend Little Princes by Conor Grennan. I LOVE this book, thus I LOVE the author. The Book Addicts Anonymous book club of the Wheatley School, affectionately known as BAA, will be taking a field trip to hear Conor Grennan tell his story THIS  THURSDAY! And guess what? I am unable to attend.! BOOOOO HOOOO. I follow him on FB and he seems just as wonderful in real life as he does in the pages of his book. Anyhow, our terrific book club  read this book as our first selection of the year, and the feedback is unanimous- everyone is moved and impressed by the book. Here is a video that explains it in a nutshell. Donna Rosenblum, the wonderful librarian at Floral Park Memorial High School invited our group to hear Conor speak at her school. I am sure it will be wonderful. The good news is, I will be able to finally meet Conor in May at the LISMA dinner for librarians. And May is not too far away,, right?