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 Click here for the Handouts from the 2006 New Hampshire Library Conference: He Said/She Said Booktalks

   

Upcoming Appearances:

 

Has Mike Spoken in YOUR state?

 

 

Red - Yes     White - No    Other colors - Soon!

 

Want to Schedule an Appearance?

 Programs and Fees

 

Thursday, May 8

Eastern Suffolk BOCES

Bellport, NY

Connecting Boys With Books

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Tuesday, May 13

NH Educational Media Association Conference

Nashua, NH

He Said/She Said Book Talks 

(with Nancy Keane)

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Wednesday, May 14

Vermont Library Conference

Burlington, VT

Connecting Boys With Books

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Thursday, May 15, 7pm

Orange Ulster BOCES

Goshen, NY

Boys Read! Really, No Kidding

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Friday, May 16, 9am

Orange Ulster BOCES

Goshen, NY

Connecting Boys With Books

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Friday, May 16, 11:30amam

Orange Ulster BOCES

Goshen, NY

Bridging the Gender Gap in Reading

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Wednesday, May 21

State Library of Michigan Beginning Workshop

Petoskey, MI

Connecting Boys With Books

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Thursday, May 29

Alquippa & Pittsburgh District Library Centers

Mars, PA

Connecting Boys With Books

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Saturday, May 31

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

Newington, NH

Book Fair to Benefit the Little Harbour School

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Monday, June 2

Nottingham School

Nottingham, NH

Author Visit

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June 5-6

Southern Maryland Regional Library Association

Charlotte Hall, MD

Connecting Boys With Books

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Monday, June 30

ULSTER Boces

New Paltz, NY

Connecting Kids With Stories

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Tuesday, July 1

Dutchess Boces

Poughkeepsie, NY

Connecting Boys With Books

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Tuesday, July 22

Laconia Public Library

Laconia, NH

Chess Workshop

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Thursday, August 7

Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority

Indianapolis, IN

The Power of Children's Services

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Tuesday, September 2

Martin DePorres School

Queens, NY

Connecting Boys With Books

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Saturday, September 27, 8am-noon

North Dakota Library Association

Mandan, ND

Connecting Boys With Books

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Tuesday, October 7

GST BOCES

Hornell, NY

Connecting Boys With Books

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Friday, November 7

Michigan Association for Media in Education

Dearborn, MI

Connecting Boys With Books

What is Boy's Lit?

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Thursday, December 11, 5-7pm

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

Newington, NH

Book Fair to Benefit Somersworth Middle School

 

 

 

From Big Guy Books:

Available Now!

  

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Coming in May

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Coming in July

 

From the American Library Association:

      

 Click on the covers to order.

 

Read the Reviews:

Connecting Boys With Books: 

School Library Journal and Booklist  

(from Amazon.com)

Ex Libris

Kliatt (from LookSmart.com)

 

 

Fundamentals of Children's Services: 

LISjobs.com

Booklist (from Amazon.com)

Ex Libris

 

 

My Friends' Sites:

I develop web pages for a select few friends. You can visit them and see my work:

 

Tony Marino: 

www.tonytheteacherpoet.com

 

Joann Snow Duncanson: www.jsnowduncanson.com

 

New Hampshire Scholastic Chess:

www.geocities.com/nhchess

 

 

 

In the News:

 

Book Escapades Offer Appeal for Male Readers

Times Union (Albany, NY), October 24, 2007

 

Greenland Teen Becomes NH Girls Chess Champ

(Fosters Daily Democrat, September 27, 2007)

 

Greenlander on the Move

(Rye Reflections, September 2007)

 

Library Launches “No Girls Allowed” Program

(School Library Journal, August 6, 2007)

 

A Developmental Difference

(Casper Star Tribune, August 1, 2007)

 

Local library consultant speaks at S. Korea event

(Portsmouth Herald, June 21, 2007)

 

Author Michael Sullivan star at reading event on Mount Agamenticus

(York Weekly, May 30, 2007)

 

Author has youths turning pages

(Portsmouth Herald, May 28,2007)

 

Johnny can read but he doesn't want to

(Concord Monitor, "BlogsNH", May 12, 2007)

 

An Interview with Michael Sullivan: Escapade Johnson Strikes Again!

(EducationNews.org)

 

Yet another way to lose a piece

(Boylston Chess Club Blog, April 24, 2007)

 

Seacoast kids capture state chess titles 

(Portsmouth Herald, March 28, 2007)

 

Getting Boys to Read

(NPR's Here and Now, March 12, 2007)

 

An adventure in finding books for boys

(Boston Globe, February 27, 2007)

 

Through the eyes of a child: Portsmouth Children's book author Michael Sullivan encourages kids to read by speaking their language

(Foster's Daily Democrat, February 25, 2007)

 

Stimulating books get kids revved up to read

(The Repository, Canton, OH, December 24, 2006)

 

Checkmate, Baker Free Library 

brings chess alive

(Bow Times, Nov. 8, 2006)

 

Meeting of Young Minds

(Portsmouth Herald, November 5, 2006)

 

Chess Kings

(Portsmouth Herald, October 27, 2006)

 

New Children's Book Released

(Portsmouth Herald, October 5, 2006)

 

Poem "Knight Moves

(Portsmouth Herald, September 10, 2006)

 

Greenland Library chess team second in state (Portsmouth Herald, April 14, 2006)

 

Getting kids into library is a juggling act
(Malden Observer, March 17, 2006)

 

Author provides tips to get boys to read (Carroll County Times, March 15, 2006)

 

Big Guy Grows Up  

(Publishers Weekly, February 16, 2006)

 

Big Guy Books to Publish Michael Sullivan’s Escapade Johnson Series

(Big Guy Books, February 16, 2006)

 

Librarian believes chess can move kids off the couch  

(Boston Globe, February 12, 2006)

 

Michael Sullivan: This librarian will soon be an

author (Union Leader, January 30, 2006)

 

Chess master shows no mercy 

(Portsmouth Herald, November 28, 2005)

 

An Interview with Michael Sullivan: 

About Reading and Boys

(EducationNews.org, November 8, 2005)

 

Librarians look to hook boys on books (Portsmouth Herald, September 4, 2005)

 

Doing It All

(Library Journal, March 15, 2005)

 

Filling up on literature at school 

(Portsmouth Herald, February 18, 2005

 

Librarians focus on boys and books

(Daily Herald, October 18, 2004)

 

Small-town library right fit

(Portsmouth Herald, April 2, 2004)

 

Teaching boys the joy of books

(Seattle Times, March 11, 2004)

 

Chess for fun (Melrose Mirror, June 6, 2003)

 

Greater Portsmouth Education Partnership

Council Awards, 2003

 
 
 

                              Last Updated 05/04/2008