[AISLE-Share] Middle Grade Book Recommendations
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Fri Aug 31 09:14:58 CDT 2018
The Cheesie Mack books????
Taryn Hettlinger Parise
Library Learning Center Director
Longfellow School
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 4:19 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
> *I Survived*? Probably below reading level, but action with practically
> no sadness...
>
> Chris Wilson
>
> 'Who needs a librarian when you have Google? Well, who needs a doctor when
> you have WebMD?'
> Gwyneth Jones, The Daring Librarian.com
>
>
> On Thursday, August 30, 2018 7:52 PM, Email list for the Association of
> Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>
> Hello All! I have a SPED teacher asking me for books that have nothing
> sad in them. This is by request of the parent. The child is in 6th grade
> and has autism. He's incredibly intelligent and will only read
> non--fiction. His mom has been trying to get him to read other genres, but
> he refuses because he does not like being sad or reading about sad things.
> By sad he means death, dying, characters hunting each other down,
> descriptive war/killing (even though he likes reading non-fiction about
> history and WWII) or anything darkly suspenseful.
>
> Other than some adventure fantasy like *The Emerald Atlas* or *The
> Apothecary*, I'm drawing a blank. He loves history and is quite
> motivated by technology.
>
> I do a lot of activities in 6th grade that help students move out of their
> reading comfort zone, so I'm sure as the year goes on he will start to find
> some fiction he can tolerate. But for now... HELP!! 😱
>
> Thank you!!
>
> *Amanda Kuzminski*
> *Library Media Specialist*
> Orland Junior High School
> Orland Park, IL
> 708-364-4214
>
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