Books and Our Electronic Resources

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Books and Our Electronic Resources

• Laurie LeFever, LMS
• Frazer School

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Reference Web Links

• Literary Resources
• Freedom Writers Diary (1999)
• Read book
• See movie
• Complete discussion guide
• Service project
• Add good sites
• Share with staff

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NoveList

• Abstracts
• Sample chapters
• Subject headings
• Readers advisory
• Book reviews
• Lexile levels
• Popularity ratings
• Booktalks
• Activities and units
• Book lists (yours/theirs)
• Discussion guides
• Author biographies
• Library Links

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Making Book Lists

• Sign In to my NoveList
• New user
• Enter user profile data
• Use your email login and password
• Select books to save to a list
• Name the list and submit to save

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Punctuation Takes a Vacation (2003)Robin Pulver

• Great for punctuation introduction or review
• NoveList has picture book extenders
• Get there from Library Links
• Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day offers similar
  opportunities

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Love That Dog (2001)Sharon Creech

• Great for reluctant readers
• Lexile level 1010
• NoveList
• Creech titles
• Lexile levels
• Popularity
• First Chapter

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Teaching Books

• Author videos
• Author biographies
• Lessons/activities
• Books readings
• Book guides
• Thematic book lists
• Author Web Site links
• Helpful web links
• Name pronunciation
• Since 2001
• 2,000 author programs
• 11,000 book guides

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Autobiography of My Dead Brother (2005) Walter
Dean Myers

• High School
• Teaching Books
• Author search
• Book guide

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Flush (2005)Carl Hiaasen

• Hoot (2002)
• New environmental theme
• Teaching Books
• Name pronunciation
• Audio excerpt

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Locomotion(2003)SHOW WAY (2005)Jacqueline
Woodson

• Miracles Boys (2000)
• Locomotion
• Poetic forms
• SHOW WAY
• Autobiographical
• Freedom Quilts
• Teaching Books
• Author search
• Author video

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Bronx Masquerade (2002)Nikki Grimes

• Poetry Again
• Teaching Books
• Title search
• 4 guides (3 by author)
• Dark Sons (2005)

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We Beat the Street (2005)Sampson Davis, George
Jenkins, Rameck Hunt (w/Sharon Draper)

• Jean Vandoren
• Teaching Books
• Book Guide Tab
• Title Search
• Guide by Draper

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Lois Lowry

• Trilogy
• The Giver (1993)
• Gathering Blue (2000)
• The Messenger (2004)
• Gossamer (2006)
• Teaching Books
• Author search
• Teaching Guides
• Author Video

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Thats all folks!Now try it out on your own,
and show your staff how it works!