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My Most Recent Reviews:
Kurtis Scaletta. Jinxed. [Topps League Stories] (Amulet,
April 2012)
Oh the minor leagues! Goofy players, strange
superstitions, rodents, dugout gags, and desperate young
players who will do ANYTHING to end a slump. The start of
a very funny sports series for the young fan.
Elementary Sports
Daniel H. Wilson. Robopocalypse. (Doubleday, 2011)
What if your smartphone was smarter than you... and
wanted you dead?
High School Science fiction
Mark Crilley. "Brody's Ghost" [Graphic Novel] (Dark Horse,
2010- )
From the streets of a futuristic city rises a new hero.
Brody has to let go of everything to gain the one thing he
needs, a destiny. Aided by a ghost tasked to do a "life
task" before she can move on to the afterlife, and a spirit
that is himself haunted by a distant failure, he must strike
a blow for the good against a serial killer who prays on
the innocent.
High School Graphic Novel
Maxwell Eaton. "The Flying Beaver Brothers" (Series):
The Evil Penguin Plan. (Random House, 2012)
The Fishy Business. (Random House, 2012)
Ace and Bub are surfing, aeronautical beavers who live
on Beaver Island, an island entirely habitated by beavers.
Then it starts getting silly.
Elementary Graphic Novel
Derf Backderf. My Friend Dahmer. (Abrams ComicArts,
March 2012)
Yeah. THAT Dahmer.
High School Nonfiction, Graphic Literature
"The Work of Heroes: First Responders in Action" (Series)
Doctors to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Firefighters to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Paramedics to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Police Officers to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Elementary and Middle School Nonfiction
Laura Langston. Last Ride. [Orca Soundings] (Orca
Books, 2011)
Five thousand pounds of roaring, customized, racing
machine. That's all Tom Shields has between him and the
ghost of his dead friend, tens of thousands of dollars of
debt, and the despair of the only girl he cares about. It
isn't enough. Last Ride is raw, gutsy, and full of
street-level reality.
High School Realistic Fiction
Michael P. Spradlin, illustrated by Jeff Weigel. Jack and
Jill Went Up to Kill: A Book of Zombie Nursery Rhymes.
(Harper, 2011)
You never realize how many sheep there are in nursery
rhymes until you see that the most timid of creatures
make the most ravenous undead.
Middle School Gothic and Humor
Lisa Wheeler, illustrations by Barry Gott. Dino-Basketball.
(Carolrhoda, 2011)
High-powered basketball lingo, tongue-twisting dinosaur
names, and dizzyness-inducing pictures. All a little guy
could want from a picture book!
Picture Books, Elementary Sports
Michael Sandler. Electrifying Eco-Race Cars. [Fast Rides]
(Bearport, 2011)
It's where gear-heads, speed-freaks, tree-huggers, and
techno-nuts meet to say... "Wow!"
Elementary and Middle School Nonfiction
Sally M. Walker. Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion
of 1917. (Henry Holt, 2011)
What is the connection between the city of Halifax in
Canada, World War I, and the Christmas tree in Boston,
Massachusetts? Two thousand deaths in the largest
man-made explosion before the atomic bomb, that's what.
Middle and High School Nonfiction
More Books For Boys
Kurtis Scaletta. Jinxed. [Topps League Stories] (Amulet,
April 2012)
Oh the minor leagues! Goofy players, strange
superstitions, rodents, dugout gags, and desperate young
players who will do ANYTHING to end a slump. The start of
a very funny sports series for the young fan.
Elementary Sports
Daniel H. Wilson. Robopocalypse. (Doubleday, 2011)
What if your smartphone was smarter than you... and
wanted you dead?
High School Science fiction
Mark Crilley. "Brody's Ghost" [Graphic Novel] (Dark Horse,
2010- )
From the streets of a futuristic city rises a new hero.
Brody has to let go of everything to gain the one thing he
needs, a destiny. Aided by a ghost tasked to do a "life
task" before she can move on to the afterlife, and a spirit
that is himself haunted by a distant failure, he must strike
a blow for the good against a serial killer who prays on
the innocent.
High School Graphic Novel
Maxwell Eaton. "The Flying Beaver Brothers" (Series):
The Evil Penguin Plan. (Random House, 2012)
The Fishy Business. (Random House, 2012)
Ace and Bub are surfing, aeronautical beavers who live
on Beaver Island, an island entirely habitated by beavers.
Then it starts getting silly.
Elementary Graphic Novel
Derf Backderf. My Friend Dahmer. (Abrams ComicArts,
March 2012)
Yeah. THAT Dahmer.
High School Nonfiction, Graphic Literature
"The Work of Heroes: First Responders in Action" (Series)
Doctors to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Firefighters to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Paramedics to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Police Officers to the Rescue. (Bearport, 2012)
Elementary and Middle School Nonfiction
Laura Langston. Last Ride. [Orca Soundings] (Orca
Books, 2011)
Five thousand pounds of roaring, customized, racing
machine. That's all Tom Shields has between him and the
ghost of his dead friend, tens of thousands of dollars of
debt, and the despair of the only girl he cares about. It
isn't enough. Last Ride is raw, gutsy, and full of
street-level reality.
High School Realistic Fiction
Michael P. Spradlin, illustrated by Jeff Weigel. Jack and
Jill Went Up to Kill: A Book of Zombie Nursery Rhymes.
(Harper, 2011)
You never realize how many sheep there are in nursery
rhymes until you see that the most timid of creatures
make the most ravenous undead.
Middle School Gothic and Humor
Lisa Wheeler, illustrations by Barry Gott. Dino-Basketball.
(Carolrhoda, 2011)
High-powered basketball lingo, tongue-twisting dinosaur
names, and dizzyness-inducing pictures. All a little guy
could want from a picture book!
Picture Books, Elementary Sports
Michael Sandler. Electrifying Eco-Race Cars. [Fast Rides]
(Bearport, 2011)
It's where gear-heads, speed-freaks, tree-huggers, and
techno-nuts meet to say... "Wow!"
Elementary and Middle School Nonfiction
Sally M. Walker. Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion
of 1917. (Henry Holt, 2011)
What is the connection between the city of Halifax in
Canada, World War I, and the Christmas tree in Boston,
Massachusetts? Two thousand deaths in the largest
man-made explosion before the atomic bomb, that's what.
Middle and High School Nonfiction
More Books For Boys
Best Books for Teen Boys, 2011
NH School Media Assoc. Conference, May 18, 2011
Past lists: 2009 2010
Public Libraries: Enduring History
Presentation from the Seacoast Library Cooperative,
June 24, 2011
Upcoming Events:
Friday, February 24
Norfolk Middle School
Norfolk, NE
Book Discussion: Sapphire Knight
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Tuesday, March 6
A Day of Literacy
Skidompha Library
Damariscotta, ME
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Thursday, March 8
West Elementary School
Andover, MA
WERAWC 2012 Conference
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Monday, April 9, 9am-4pm
Tampa Bay Library Consortium
Tampa, FL
Connecting Boys With Books
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Wednesday, May 23, 3:30-5:00pm
Burlington Public Library
Burlington, MA
Chess Workshop
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Thursday, May 24, 9:30am-3pm
Massachusetts Library System
Marlborough, MA
Connecting Boys With Books
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October
Fall Into Books
Kingston, NY
Connecting Boys With Books
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Mike in the News:
New and Forthcoming Nonfiction, School
Library Journal Webcast, Mopderator,
September 29, 2011
Boys Will Be Boys, Citizen Reader, August 29,
2011
Want To Meet a Published Author?, Ms.
Woulfe's Classroom Blog!, August 10, 2011
Breaking All the Rules, Eastern Express
[Eastern (NE) Library System], May/June 2011
Another Expert on Boys and Reading, Okie
Reads, June 14, 2011
More News Stories
NH School Media Assoc. Conference, May 18, 2011
Past lists: 2009 2010
Public Libraries: Enduring History
Presentation from the Seacoast Library Cooperative,
June 24, 2011
Upcoming Events:
Friday, February 24
Norfolk Middle School
Norfolk, NE
Book Discussion: Sapphire Knight
--------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, March 6
A Day of Literacy
Skidompha Library
Damariscotta, ME
-------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, March 8
West Elementary School
Andover, MA
WERAWC 2012 Conference
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, April 9, 9am-4pm
Tampa Bay Library Consortium
Tampa, FL
Connecting Boys With Books
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, May 23, 3:30-5:00pm
Burlington Public Library
Burlington, MA
Chess Workshop
-----------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, May 24, 9:30am-3pm
Massachusetts Library System
Marlborough, MA
Connecting Boys With Books
------------------------------------------------------------
October
Fall Into Books
Kingston, NY
Connecting Boys With Books
------------------------------------------------------------
Mike in the News:
New and Forthcoming Nonfiction, School
Library Journal Webcast, Mopderator,
September 29, 2011
Boys Will Be Boys, Citizen Reader, August 29,
2011
Want To Meet a Published Author?, Ms.
Woulfe's Classroom Blog!, August 10, 2011
Breaking All the Rules, Eastern Express
[Eastern (NE) Library System], May/June 2011
Another Expert on Boys and Reading, Okie
Reads, June 14, 2011
More News Stories
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Mike's Friends and Associated Pages:
Tony Marino: Tony the Teacher Poet
The ROMEO's: The Retired Old Men Eating Out
The Escapade Johnson Fan Page
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Mike's Friends and Associated Pages:
Tony Marino: Tony the Teacher Poet
The ROMEO's: The Retired Old Men Eating Out
The Escapade Johnson Fan Page
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New Location! Beginning in October, 2011, I will be operating out of
Collinsville, Oklahoma. I will still travel anywhere, but programs in the
Oklahoma region will now be easier to arrange.
Collinsville, Oklahoma. I will still travel anywhere, but programs in the
Oklahoma region will now be easier to arrange.
