[ISLMA-Share] Author Lesléa Newman - October Mourning resources

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Fantastic info, Caitlin!
For additional resources on October Mourning, Newman shared these materials
and asked me to pass them on to anyone interested:

Teacher's & Discussion Guide
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6qALx3d7xJ0SUNMTFZwUC1Cekk/view?usp=sharing>
October Mourning Flyer
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6qALx3d7xJ0bHl3SXJtdjBDNlE/view?usp=sharing>

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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello colleagues,
> Every year I contact all the nominated Abe authors to see if they can
> Skype with our Student Book Club. Yesterday we did a fascinating Skype
> session with Leséa Newman, author of *October Mourning*.
> It was $300 for 1 hour, during which she gave the students some personal
> and historical context for Matthew Shepard's death, read some of the poems
> from the book, and did Q&A. It generated a lot of discussion for my Book
> Club even after we signed off of Skype. I think we will do a second meeting
> on *October Mourning* to continue discussing the book but also things Ms.
> Newman mentioned. The amount of student engagement and discussion was well
> worth the $300.
>
> You can contact her at leslea at lesleakids.com.
> --
> *Caitlin Greener*
> Librarian
> Niles North High School
> 847-626-2182
>
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