Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 3

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In This Issue You'll Find:

• News. See Below.
• Featured Author: Susan Goodman

News:

Upcoming workshop by Carol:

• June 4, 2004 - Secondary Social Studies In-Service. San Antonio, Texas

You can find out more information about this by writing to Carol Hurst at rebecca@carolhurst.com

For those who missed our last newsletter the most recent additions to our web site are:

• Featured Book: Attaboy, Sam! by Lois Lowry
• Featured Book: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
• Featured Subject: Weather in Kids' Books
• Featured Book: A Killing in Plymouth Colony by Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis
• Featured Book: Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen
• Featured Subject: Slavery
• Featured Book: Far North by Will Hobbs
• Featured Author: Mitsumasa Anno
• Featured Book: In Plain Sight by Carol Otis Hurst
• Featured Subject: Folk and Fairy Tales, Tongue-in-Cheek Versions.

Next Section of Newsletter:

Featured Author: Susan Goodman