BOTW ~ Tough Boy Sonatas

Since it's National Poetry Month, I'm featuring Tough Boy Sonatas by Curtis L. Crisler with illustrations by Floyd Cooper. Both School Library Journal & the American Library Association named this a Best Book! It's bittersweet poetry, with a real edge to it!
Elizabeth Alexander says this about the book: "These white-hot poems scream and sing, in the poet's words, 'I Am ALIVE,' at every juncture. What an ear, what an eye, and what heart has Curtis Crisler in this indelible first book.

April is National Poetry Month!

Cool Tool--Draw Anywhere

Draw Anywhere is a great website for making flow charts, diagrams, and floor plans. It's free to use! Check it out!

Great Information about the Credit Crisis!

Thanks to Mr. Johnson for recommending this video. It's really informative and easy to understand!


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

BOTW

In the Media Center, we have many books recommended by staff members. You'll find them on the first bookcase on the left-hand side. Mrs. McDonald recommends The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang because it: "Chronicles a Hmong family's refugee from Vietnam, through and on to St. Paul. It is beautifully written and the author lives locally."