To prepare for this visit, here is what is REQUIRED.
- Purchase How to Get Your Child to Love Reading and another one of Esme's books (your choice)
- Read the selections from our Introduction to Teaching Seminar Binder:
- “January 12” from Educating Esme
- "Advise for Aspiring and New Elementary School Teachers" from Educating Esme
- “We Got Her” from Sahara Special
- Become familiar with her work by going to PlanetEsme.com and browsing. Check out the links to each of the books she has published so you are familiar with her work. Authors across the kidlitosphere have said that the hardest part of an author visit is when the participants don't know anything about their work, so do Esme a favor a brush up on your knowledge of her work..
- To find out the history of her bookroom, click here.
Optional, but oh so wonderful
Listen to her Hearing Voices from NPR: Educating Esme: A Teacher’s Diary
(Note: There is some adult language so you are aware)
This is a website a student made for an Education class. A great resource, including Esme's bio, videos, quotes, reflections, and recommendations.
Patton, J R. "Esme Raji Codell: First Lady of Read-Aloud She's a Literary Fairy Godmother, a "readiologist" and a Cupcake-Baker Extraordinaire. Is There Anything Madame Esme Can't Do?" Teaching Pre-K-8. 37.5 (2007): 46-48. Web.
An excellent article about Esme!!
Patton, J R. "Esme Raji Codell: First Lady of Read-Aloud She's a Literary Fairy Godmother, a "readiologist" and a Cupcake-Baker Extraordinaire. Is There Anything Madame Esme Can't Do?" Teaching Pre-K-8. 37.5 (2007): 46-48. Web.
An excellent article about Esme!!
You are not required to read all of her books before our next seminar, but if you are interested in reading any of the following books, you are welcome to borrow them from me:
Fairly Fairy Tales (2011)
It's Time for Preschool! (Coming in July 2012)
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