Our local uber-indie bookstore in Wichita, KS, Watermark Books held an Event for Middle School Educators to meet authors and hear about their books. IOur local uber-indie bookstore in Wichita, KS, Watermark Books held an Event for Middle School Educators to meet authors and hear about their books. I was especially intrigued with Marcia Wells' "Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile" when she told me that #1--she wrote it for reluctant readers (boys) #2--the main character is an excellent artist with a photographic memory and #3--the mystery involves an impending heist at NYC art museums. I bought the book and read it over just a few nights. I am an elementary art teacher and I think this book would be excellent for 4th and 5th graders.
Wells also told us she is nominated for the "Oscar for Mystery Award Writers"--The Edgar Prize for Best Juvenile book, which will be awarded this coming Wednesday, April 29, 2015. I will be rooting for her to win. The book has great voice and Edmund Xavier Lonnrot (Eddie Red) and his also gifted buddy, Jonah think outside the box to intuit where the next art heist will take place.
I had never heard of the Edgar Awards before, so did a little sleuthing of my own ala internet. Named for Edgar Allen Poe, the Edgars are awarded each year by the Mystery Writers of America, One of my favorite mystery authors, Rex Stout of the Nero Wolfe series, was given the Grand Master award in 1959, the third year it was awarded. I found a kinship between Edmund, Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe through the New York City locales and the fun-to-read dialogue....more
In this autobiographical book, Grace discovers her true purpose in life when she wins fourth place in the "Written and Illustrated By" bookmaking contIn this autobiographical book, Grace discovers her true purpose in life when she wins fourth place in the "Written and Illustrated By" bookmaking contest. Her struggles with being the only Asian-American family in her school are heartwarming and an opportunity to authentically look into our diverse society....more
I just heard that "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" just won the Newbery Award. I read it this summer and loved it. It is a quest book which uses ChI just heard that "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" just won the Newbery Award. I read it this summer and loved it. It is a quest book which uses Chinese folktales as part of the story.
Yesterday I purchased another copy of this book to lend to one of my elementary art students who says she wants to write and illustrate children's books. Her drawings are AMAZING!...more
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