tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post1306207469294532761..comments2024-03-18T23:58:45.390-04:00Comments on Ms. Yingling Reads: A Hitch at the FairmontMs. Yinglinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post-46074463507176837582014-07-31T16:58:29.160-04:002014-07-31T16:58:29.160-04:00Thanks for this one! I've saved a bunch of blo...Thanks for this one! I've saved a bunch of blog posts over the summer. I went back to work yesterday, and have been having fun going back over posts and creating a book order for the start of school!Mary Reilley Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813103725312625333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post-23936636369002515872014-07-20T20:53:00.681-04:002014-07-20T20:53:00.681-04:00We have a school librarian coming into the family ...We have a school librarian coming into the family next year. She says she definitely has to deal with the student taste vs. teacher taste thing. I would find that difficult.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post-30762842093073206872014-07-19T07:44:34.715-04:002014-07-19T07:44:34.715-04:00Clue oriented mysteries would be something like (m...Clue oriented mysteries would be something like (most obviously) Encyclopedia Brown, but also Blue Balliet, The Westing Game, Margolis' Maggie Brooklyn mysteries (which I adore), Michael Beil's Red blazer Girls, Runholdt's Kari and Lucas books, Springer's Enola Holmes. I like this sort of mystery best as well, but my students love Ferguson's The Christopher Killer and other things where people die rather violently. Teachers want mysteries that they can use to show how the mystery is solved, and use them to demonstrate literary techniques like foreshadowing, etc. Oddly, students don't care too much about literary techniques. come to think of it, I don't think that many adults who are reading for pleasure do, either!Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post-17116179724476977772014-07-18T21:28:09.412-04:002014-07-18T21:28:09.412-04:00"This struck a good balance between the CSI s..."This struck a good balance between the CSI style gory mysteries my students want, and the clue oriented mysteries the teachers want them to have." I thought this was fascinating. Any examples of what a clue oriented mystery would be?Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559214.post-56116320101190968552014-07-17T08:11:56.697-04:002014-07-17T08:11:56.697-04:00Did you read Travis Jonker's piece the other d...Did you read Travis Jonker's piece the other day about how all middle grade novels should be 200 pages? 461 pages will make it a hard sell but the cover is so wonderful that I think I'm join to buy it anyway. Paige Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09823929357425078374noreply@blogger.com