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an eNewsletter from Bound to Stay Bound Books

May 2015
In This Issue
Featured Author
Eoin Colfer
If you wanted to create a "perfect hothouse for an aspiring storyteller," you would surely cast one parent as an historian with a deep love of the written word and sense of place and time and the other parent as an actor who mesmerizes audiences with the spoken word and is a superb storyteller. "I would do my mother's lines with her," recalls Eoin Colfer. "It was a great way to learn to read." 

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Cream Of The Crop Fall 2015

Picture Books

Chapter Books/Elementary Novels

Young Adult Novels

Younger Nonfiction

Older Nonfiction


The More You Know

Leveling 101 by Ellen Myrick 


 

There are several leveling systems used by schools and three of the most widespread are Lexile, Fountas & Pinnell, and ATOS. Each program has its own distinctive approach to this complicated topic. Whether you are using them solo or in tandem, we're here to help you understand the breadth and depth of each program as well as their respective pedagogies. 

 

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Featured Titles

Judith Byron Schachner brought her character Skippyjon Jones to life in 2003 and he has been capturing the hearts of young readers ever since. Skippyjon Jones is an exuberant Siamese cat who is convinced he is a Chihuahua and his dog delusions are constantly getting him into trouble.

Now, to her long list of Skippyjon titles, Schachner has added a book introducing a new character, Dewey Bob. Dewey Bob Crockett is a raccoon who loves to collect things but soon realizes that what he really wants is a friend.

 
Professional Shelf
Gutenberg's Apprentice, by Alix Christie
Published by Harper 2014. 401 pp.

In Mainz, Germany in the 1450s a talented young scribe is apprenticed to the mysterious and demanding Johann Gutenberg. It turns out Gutenberg is just about to start the ambitious project of producing a quantity of Bibles on his newly-invented, top-secret printing press.

 

To those of us who love books, this is a great historical novel that takes us back to the very beginning of the making of the modern book and allows us to see it with totally fresh eyes.

 


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