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Boy Books Handout from "He Said/She Said: What's New in YA Literature"

NH Educational Media Association Conference, May 7, 2009.

 

Upcoming

 Appearances:

 

Has Mike Spoken in 

YOUR state?

 

 

Red - Yes     White - No

Green - Soon!

 

Want to Schedule an Appearance?

 Programs and Fees

 

Thursday, July 2, 2:00pm

Beebe Library

Wakefield, MA

Chess Workshop

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Tuesday, July 7

Wellesley Booksmith

Wellesley, MA

Sapphire Knight Party

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July 14-16

9th Annual Summer Institute on Reading

Guilderland, NY

Connecting With the Reluctant Reader

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Saturday, July 18, 4-6pm

Jason Hussey Race Day

Greenland, NH

Big Chess on The Green

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Thursday, July 23

R.J. Julias

Madison, CT

Sapphire Knight Party

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Friday, July 24

Laconia Public Library

Laconia, NH

Chess Workshop

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Friday, July 31

Laconia Public Library

Laconia, NH

Chess Workshop

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Saturday, August 1

Borders Bookstore

Burlington, MA

Sapphire Knight Party

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Wednesday, August 5

Langdon Library

Newington, NH

Chess Demo

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Wednesday, August 12

Regis School of the Sacred Heart

Houston, TX

Connecting Boys With Books

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Saturday, August 22

Water Street Bookstore

Exeter, NH

Release Party: 

Escapade Johnson and 

The Phantom of the Science Fair

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Tuesday, August 25, 9:30-4:00

Mahoney Children's Workshops

Escanaba Public Library

Ecanaba, MI

Connecting Boys With Books

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Thursday, August 27, 9:30-4:00

Mahoney Children's Workshops

West Branch District Library

West Branch, MI

Connecting Boys With Books

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Friday, August 28, 9:30-4:00

Mahoney Children's Workshops

Hastings Public Library

Hastings, MI

Connecting Boys With Books

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Monday, August 31

Children & Young Peoples' Division

Indiana Library Federation

Indianapolis, IN

The Power of Children's Services

Connecting Boys With Books

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Friday, October 9

Prairie Area Library System

Mendota, IL

Connecting Boys With Books

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Thursday, October 29

Somersworth Middle School

Somersworth, NH

Author Visit

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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

 

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In the News:

 

School Library Journal calls Connecting Boys With Books 2 "A must-read for all librarians and media specialists." 

SLJ, June 1, 2009

 

Sapphire Knight Party Extraveganza IParty

 

Book Groups the Way Boys Like'Em American Libraries, May, 2009

 

The Best Blue is Cupcake The Gossip Lady Blog, March 27, 2009

 

Partying to Get Boys To Read Publishers Weekly Online, March 26, 2009

 

An Interview with Michael Sullivan: Escapade Johnson Strikes Again Education News, March 22, 2009

 

Linking Boys With Books The Wire, March 19, 2009

 

Book of the Week #9 Book Notes New Hampshire, NH Center for the Book, March 6, 2009

 

Gossip Lady meets the Pied Piper of young readers: Michael Sullivan SeacoastOnline.com, March 5, 2009

 

Children's Bookwatch calls The Sapphire Knight "a rousing saga"

February 2009

 

Mom's Choice Awards Announces Best Products of 2009

January 30, 2009

 

Review: Mayhem at Mount Moosilauke Reading With Monie, January 22, 2009

 

Bringing Boys, and Reluctant Readers, to Books Portsmouth Herald, January 17, 2009

 

Getting Boys to Read Has Never Been SO Easy

Free Press Release

 

Review: The Coffee Shop of the Living Dead Reading With Monie, January 22, 2009

 

Escape to the "Coffee Shop of the Living Dead" Portsmouth Herald, August 24, 2008

 

Newington Library to Host Local Author  Portsmouth Herald, August 12, 2008

 

Boys Read Effort Aims to Turn Boys Into Readers Teachers.net Gazette, July 1, 2008

 

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

 

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 06/30/2009