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fabrisseThere are advantages and disadvantages to the group I'm currently volunteering with. For anyone who's interested the program is outlined here.
The biggest disadvantage is the lack of library. There's a milk crate with paperbacks, most of which are geared toward the fifth graders. Since I'm teaching fifth graders, I don't mind.
Thing is, there's no sci-fi, and the only fantasy is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Non-fiction is non-existent, too.
I'm going to donate paperbacks of the Tiffany Aching and Harry Potter books, but I'd also like to give each of my four students a book for "Winter Gift Giving Holiday."
Two of the books that I'd like to give them are out of print. If anyone sees copies of Janet Kagan's books Mirabile or Hellspark for under $10, please let me know. If it's in a book store and you can afford it, buy it. I'll repay you and pay for the shipping. I'll update LJ if I find copies on my own.
One of the kids may be getting Ender's Game. He worked out something I said in French by using the cognates from Spanish. Definitely an N. The director of my center put him in my group because she had no clue what to do with a kid who already has his homework done before homework time.
I'm also trying to steal another kid from one of the other tutors. This kid is bright. The other tutors treat her as a disruption because she's constantly asking questions that they find irrelevant. They aren't. She's extrapolating from available data and asking the NEXT question rather than the current question, if you see what I mean. I'll gladly trade one of my "good girls" who seems to be bored all the time for the disruptive one.
I welcome suggestions for good kids' Sci-fi, especially ones dealing with hard science and/or ethical issues. If the local bookstore runs a sale on the DK non-fiction books before Christmas, I'll probably get some of the techier ones to donate to the milk crate.
The biggest disadvantage is the lack of library. There's a milk crate with paperbacks, most of which are geared toward the fifth graders. Since I'm teaching fifth graders, I don't mind.
Thing is, there's no sci-fi, and the only fantasy is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Non-fiction is non-existent, too.
I'm going to donate paperbacks of the Tiffany Aching and Harry Potter books, but I'd also like to give each of my four students a book for "Winter Gift Giving Holiday."
Two of the books that I'd like to give them are out of print. If anyone sees copies of Janet Kagan's books Mirabile or Hellspark for under $10, please let me know. If it's in a book store and you can afford it, buy it. I'll repay you and pay for the shipping. I'll update LJ if I find copies on my own.
One of the kids may be getting Ender's Game. He worked out something I said in French by using the cognates from Spanish. Definitely an N. The director of my center put him in my group because she had no clue what to do with a kid who already has his homework done before homework time.
I'm also trying to steal another kid from one of the other tutors. This kid is bright. The other tutors treat her as a disruption because she's constantly asking questions that they find irrelevant. They aren't. She's extrapolating from available data and asking the NEXT question rather than the current question, if you see what I mean. I'll gladly trade one of my "good girls" who seems to be bored all the time for the disruptive one.
I welcome suggestions for good kids' Sci-fi, especially ones dealing with hard science and/or ethical issues. If the local bookstore runs a sale on the DK non-fiction books before Christmas, I'll probably get some of the techier ones to donate to the milk crate.
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Date: 2008-10-29 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-29 08:03 pm (UTC)Thank you for that. The last time I checked at Amazon or Alibris, Hellspark was over $10. I'll pick up a couple of copies at the lower price.
Mirabile is getting ridiculous for cost. I hope the demand will mean someone brings it back into print.
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Date: 2008-10-30 03:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-30 03:54 pm (UTC)I found copies of The Secret Garden, The Dreaming Place by Charles de Lint, and The Story of My Life by Helen Keller at the used bookstore around the corner from my office. They're going into the milk crate tonight.