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  1. Today in Jefferson Parish schools, neighbor to New Orleans, an avg of 5 teachers and almost half of the system’s 44,000 students were absent
  2. @laura87unc That's great to hear! Thanks for letting us know!
  3. You've wondered, now learn how & share w students. Pronounce "Eoin Colfer" http://bit.ly/bMxQf0 author of Artemis Fowl
  4. Meet ALA Award-winning authors online, anytime. Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, more #alamw10 http://teachingbooks.net/awards2010
  5. Hear the story behind Julia Alvarez's name, winner of the 2010 Pura Belpré author award http://bit.ly/c9tqXC
  6. Avi is our guest blogger this month! Read his post about the challenges of writing hist. fiction http://bit.ly/atp4In (db)
  7. John R. Erickson shares how he came to write HANK THE COWDOG & reads a hilarious excerpt http://bit.ly/9UbFHI (db)
  8. Free multimedia resources 4 Black Hist. Month - audio, video, lesson plans Tip: select "see all" http://bit.ly/3lCnmJ
  9. Eloise Greenfield reads a poem from NATHANIEL TALKING & shares how rap music influenced her work http://bit.ly/c4eXzz
  10. MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD a teen w. Asperger's & the goodness we all have inside, hear from the author http://bit.ly/9BDLGz (db)
  11. Happy b-day Lewis Caroll! Listen to ALICE'S ADVENTURE's: http://bit.ly/bM4sSy TeachingBooks=great for classics too! (db)
  12. Hear author Libba Bray tell the story behind her Printz Award-winning book GOING BOVINE http://bit.ly/cfPSt1 (db)
  13. Percy Jackson Lightning Thief movie coming soon! Here's author Rick Riordan introducing the book & more. http://tinyurl.com/ybrdg9k
  14. Poetry Friday: poems reveal human nature & Carole Boston Weatherford reveals Billie Holiday in this poem http://is.gd/6Ow5x
  15. Hear authors & illustrators correctly pronounce their names, like Scieszka, Henkes, Riordan, etc. http://tinyurl.com/2ng74b
  16. Hear Rebecca Stead @rebstead introduce her Newbery-winner When You Reach Me #alamw10 http://tinyurl.com/ybz6llg
  17. You can find audio book readings with text captions on TeachingBooks.net http://is.gd/6Cnwe
  18. CSK Resource: Hear Christopher Paul Curtis discuss and read from Elijah of Buxton http://bit.ly/6B8NKI
  19. Happy MLK Day! How do you celebrate? Which books do you explore with students? How about http://bit.ly/4HfRIK (db)
  20. @alamw: ALA and MCCA have established a Haiti Relief Fund. Donations can be made on site: http://bit.ly/4oTR7c #alamw10