Comments for Adventures of a Guybrarian http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com The life and times of a male librarian Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Using Follett Destiny by Mary Alice Osborne http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2011/09/using-follett-destiny/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Mary Alice Osborne Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:59:46 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=273#comment-1483 Hi Peter! Thank you for the document explaining how to create your own acct. on Destiny. I think it's a great idea. What age groups do you recommend have Destiny accts.? I am the librarian in a PreK - Grade 12 school. I'd like to do this with grades 2-8, I think. Thanks again for a great idea! Mary Alice Hi Peter!
Thank you for the document explaining how to create your own acct. on Destiny. I think it’s a great idea. What age groups do you recommend have Destiny accts.? I am the librarian in a PreK – Grade 12 school. I’d like to do this with grades 2-8, I think. Thanks again for a great idea!

Mary Alice

]]> Comment on From Taiwan to Texas by Robyn http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2011/10/from-taiwan-to-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 Robyn Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:16:15 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=287#comment-1420 WOW! congrats!!! WOW! congrats!!!

]]> Comment on From Taiwan to Texas by Kim http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2011/10/from-taiwan-to-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Kim Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:45:30 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=287#comment-1418 You ROCK!! I'm so happy for you!! You ROCK!! I’m so happy for you!!

]]> Comment on Young Adult Novels: giving voice to the voiceless #yasaves by John Michael Cummings http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2011/06/young-adult-novels-giving-voice-to-the-voiceless-yasaves/comment-page-1/#comment-965 John Michael Cummings Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:48:18 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=263#comment-965 Dear Peter, I'm an award-winning author with a new YA book coming out this October. Ugly To Start With is a series of thirteen interrelated stories about childhood being published by West Virginia University Press. Can I interest you in reviewing it? I can email you a PDF of my book if you provide me with an email address. If you require a bound copy, please ask, and I will forward your reply to my publisher. Here’s what Jacob Appel, celebrated author of Dyads and The Vermin Episode, says about my new collection: “In Ugly to Start With, set in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, Cummings tackles the challenges of boyhood adventure and family conflict in a taut, crystalline style that captures the triumphs and tribulations of small-town life. He has a gift for transcending the particular experiences to his characters to capture the universal truths of human affection and suffering--emotional truths that the members of his audience will recognize from their own experiences of childhood and adolescence.” My short stories have appeared in more than seventy-five literary journals, including North American Review, The Kenyon Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and The Chattahoochee Review. Twice I have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. My short story "The Scratchboard Project" received an honorable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2007. I am also the author of the nationally acclaimed coming-of-age novel The Night I Freed John Brown (Philomel Books, Penguin Group, 2009), winner of The Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers (Grades 7-12) and one of ten books recommended by USA TODAY. For more information about me, please visit the websites below: http://wvupressonline.com/cummings_ugly_to_start_with_9781935978084 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_Cummings. http://www.johnmichaelcummings.com/ Thank you very much, and I look forward to hearing back from you. Kindly, John Michael Cummings Dear Peter,

I’m an award-winning author with a new YA book coming out this October. Ugly To Start With is a series of thirteen interrelated stories about childhood being published by West Virginia University Press.

Can I interest you in reviewing it? I can email you a PDF of my book if you provide me with an email address. If you require a bound copy, please ask, and I will forward your reply to my publisher.

Here’s what Jacob Appel, celebrated author of Dyads and The Vermin Episode, says about my new collection: “In Ugly to Start With, set in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, Cummings tackles the challenges of boyhood adventure and family conflict in a taut, crystalline style that captures the triumphs and tribulations of small-town life. He has a gift for transcending the particular experiences to his characters to capture the universal truths of human affection and suffering–emotional truths that the members of his audience will recognize from their own experiences of childhood and adolescence.”

My short stories have appeared in more than seventy-five literary journals, including North American Review, The Kenyon Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and The Chattahoochee Review. Twice I have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. My short story “The Scratchboard Project” received an honorable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2007.

I am also the author of the nationally acclaimed coming-of-age novel The Night I Freed John Brown (Philomel Books, Penguin Group, 2009), winner of The Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers (Grades 7-12) and one of ten books recommended by USA TODAY.

For more information about me, please visit the websites below:
http://wvupressonline.com/cummings_ugly_to_start_with_9781935978084

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_Cummings.

http://www.johnmichaelcummings.com/

Thank you very much, and I look forward to hearing back from you.

Kindly,

John Michael Cummings

]]> Comment on Young Adult Novels: giving voice to the voiceless #yasaves by Continued need to advocate « CLASY – Canadian Libraries Are Serving Youth http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2011/06/young-adult-novels-giving-voice-to-the-voiceless-yasaves/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Continued need to advocate « CLASY – Canadian Libraries Are Serving Youth Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:54:34 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=263#comment-709 [...] Giving Voice to the Voiceless [...] [...] Giving Voice to the Voiceless [...]

]]> Comment on Drawing sharks by Ms. Yingling http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2011/05/drawing-sharks/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Ms. Yingling Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:33:42 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=258#comment-705 A sort of odd question that I ask my students when they are looking for nonfiction books is "Do you need to do something specific with this information?" I get a lot of students who just need a nonfiction book for class, or are trying to look up a fact for a project. The students know I'm not being intrusive, just trying to get them the right book. A sort of odd question that I ask my students when they are looking for nonfiction books is “Do you need to do something specific with this information?” I get a lot of students who just need a nonfiction book for class, or are trying to look up a fact for a project. The students know I’m not being intrusive, just trying to get them the right book.

]]> Comment on Young Adult Novels: giving voice to the voiceless #yasaves by YA Saves – Cheryl Rainfield speaks out | Cheryl Rainfield: http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2011/06/young-adult-novels-giving-voice-to-the-voiceless-yasaves/comment-page-1/#comment-703 YA Saves – Cheryl Rainfield speaks out | Cheryl Rainfield: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:58:00 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=263#comment-703 [...] Adventures of a Guybrarian » Blog Archive » Young Adult Novels: giving voice to the voic... Says: June 5th, 2011 at 5:35 pm [...] [...] Adventures of a Guybrarian » Blog Archive » Young Adult Novels: giving voice to the voic… Says: June 5th, 2011 at 5:35 pm [...]

]]> Comment on Library Day in the Life, Round 6, Day 2 by Robyn Wood http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2011/01/library-day-in-the-life-round-6-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Robyn Wood Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:06:06 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=206#comment-412 The best part of your day was having First Grade ;-> The best part of your day was having First Grade ;->

]]> Comment on What Librarians Can Do for Kids by Mom http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2010/12/what-librarians-can-do-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Mom Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:59:38 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=186#comment-227 And I'm sure the kids love you. And I’m sure the kids love you.

]]> Comment on What Librarians Can Do for Kids by Lisa http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/2010/12/what-librarians-can-do-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Lisa Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:27:23 +0000 http://adventuresofaguybrarian.com/?p=186#comment-223 I thought Librarian had maigcal power when I was little. I am sure the kids think the same about you now too. I thought Librarian had maigcal power when I was little. I am sure the kids think the same about you now too.

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