partial HIT: ELEM ATLAS READ

[Joanne Sullivan <loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET>]

ATLAS READ PRELIMINARY RESULTS (4/96):

THANK YOU and a hearty hello to all those of you who have responded =
so far with favorite titles and lovely words of encouragement. I love =
this group!

We still need good reads, however, from most of the states across the =
US to get a representative sampling. I will post a more complete hit =
when I hear from more of you.  I suspect, in a few days, I=B9ll be =
inundated with titles from every remote corner of the US.  Other =
countries are welcome too, but I=B9ll put them riding on arrows =
pointing to where you are from the US, because the US map is already =
made, and we hope to get this up for National Library Week. (soon) :-)
Joanne
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On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, I wrote:

> Hello, fellow SLMS,
> I am putting up a huge U.S. map in the elementary hallway of our tiny
> country school that sits on the Delaware River at the PA-NY border.  On
> each state are names of favorite book titles that children are reading
> from their respective states.
>
> Question: are there core reading titles or readalouds or very popular
> books that students from your school are reading? If so, I would love to
> know. If you send titles, please be sure to say which state you are from
> so that we can put the titles on the right places on our U.S. map.
>
> I thought this was a great idea when I first saw it, but so far, we have
> gotten very few responses.  I'm hoping to put these up National Library
> Week, April 15-19. Children have really put forth a team effort at our
> school to make this happen.
>
> HALP! (Please help.) :-) Knowing you, we will probably be merrily
> inundated with favorite elementary titles from all over the place very
> soon. Titles from other countries are welcome too, but will be riding on
> arrows pointing the direction of that country. TIA.
>
> Joanne Sullivan
> Narrowsburg Central School Library
> Narrowsburg, NY 12764
> ..where you can sometimes see eagles flying over the playground
>
> Joanne Sullivan
> loris@postoffice.ptd.net
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Subject:     favorite books
Sent:        04/08  2:07 PM
Received:    04/08  1:28 PM
From:        Faith W. Van Putte 904 833 4285, VANPUTF@mail.firn.edu
To:          loris@postoffice.ptd.net

One favorite book, located near a town about an hour from here, is =
Donald
Crews' Big Mama's. We are in Fort Walton Beach, FL, Big Mama's is set =
near
Mariana, FL. Other than that, we *always* have a rush on Rylant's =
Henry and
Mudge books, High Flying Cat, Cross Country Cat, etc. We can't keep =
the
Goosebumps books on the shelf, and the Julian books by Cameron do =
well. Is
this what you wanted? Hope it helps. It's still cold here in =
Northwest
Florida - this has been the strangest year for weather!
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Subject:     TARGET: ELEM, ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/08  2:26 AM
Received:    04/08  10:15 AM
From:        Clark E. Jewell, cjewell@kuentos.guam.net
To:          loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET

I hope your U. S. map shows the U. S. territories as well as the =
states.
I am the school librarian at one of the elementary schools in Guam, =
U.S.A.
"Where America's Day Begins."

Our children love the Clifford and Berenstatin Bears books.  The =
older
children like Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary as well as Eyewitness =
Books.


Jeanne Jewell
Librarian
M. U. Lujan Elementary School
Yona, Guam
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Subject:     Re: TARGET: ELEM, ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/07  8:13 PM
Received:    04/08  10:15 AM
From:        Jean Heidt, rogers13@indiana.edu
To:          Joanne Sullivan, loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET

Hi,

Some favorites at Unionville Elementary School (near Bloomington, =
Indiana)
include Avi's THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE,  Patterson's =
THE
SHINIEST ROCK OF ALL, and Cannon's STELLALUNA.   ( I must also =
confess
that R.L. Stine books are also big favorites.)

Our school has about 275 students in grades K-6 and is part of the =
Monroe
County Community Schools.  I work at another school in the district =
also.

Jean Heidt
Rogers13 @Indiana.edu
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Subject:     Greetings from Rochester, NY!!
Sent:        04/08  7:25 AM
Received:    04/08  10:15 AM
From:        MS LYNN WILLARD, ANWC84A@prodigy.com
To:          loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET

We love "The Stinky Cheese Man"!

Paul Rd. Elementary School
Rochester, NY
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Subject:     Re: TARGET: ELEM, ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/07  7:09 PM
Received:    04/08  10:15 AM
From:        Marcia Garman Zorn, marciaz@tenet.edu
To:          Joanne Sullivan, loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET

In Texas, students in grades 3-6  (who read or listen to at least 5 =
of 20
nominated books) vote for the Texas Bluebonnet Award each January. =
Some of
the favorites thus far seem to be Zilpha Keatley Snyder's _The =
Trespassers_,
Johanna Hurwitz's compilation of short stories by different authors
_Birthday Surprises_, Jane Yolen's _Merlin and the Dragon, and Jon
Scieszka and Lane Smith's _Math Curse_. We hope you enjoy your =
National
Library Week celebration!

Marcia Garman Zorn            Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
Librarian                     1400 Cavender Drive
Shady Oaks Elementary School  Hurst, Texas     76053
marciaz@tenet.edu             817-285-3240
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Subject:     Re: TARGET: ELEM, ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/08  12:01 AM
Received:    04/08  10:15 AM
From:        Cynthia Simmons Whisennand, cwhiz@tenet.edu
To:          Joanne Sullivan, loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET

Cynthia Whisennand, Librarian M. C. Lively Elementary School Irving,
Texas (near Dallas, TX).  We are a K-5 school of about 750 students =
and a
circulation of about 4,000 books etc. per month.  Favorite books -
anything that is a pop up book (toy and movable book), Math Curse =
(3rd
grade - adult), Secret Garden (Penny Dupree the great
great...granddaughter comes to our school and shows the "real" Little
Lord Fauntleroy clothes and pictures of the "real" secret garden
(3rd-Adult).  The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea first grade.  The =
Great
Blueness and Other Predicatments by Arnold Lobel (K, Pre-1st, and =
1st)
because I do a "magic" trick producing all the colors out of the same
pitcher of water.  Any book having to do with Space, Astronauts, =
Planets,
Football (especially the Dallas Cowboys).  Space is my hobby, I am a
NEWEST alumni (NASA Educational Workshop for Elementary School =
Teachers).
Good luck getting answers, I have a couple keypals in Siberia, =
England,
and Argentina if you need those places.
Bye for now.
Cindy
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Subject:     Re: TARGET: ELEM,  ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/07  6:48 PM
Received:    04/08  10:15 AM
From:        teach, kmen@u.washington.edu
To:          Joanne Sullivan, loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET

What a great idea!  Our 4th graders generally read Henry & Beezus by
Beverly Cleary in the Fall and some are reading James & the Giant =
Peach by Roald Dahl now.  A favorite with K-3 graders  this year, and =
nominee for Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award is Soap! =
Soap! Don't
forget the soap!
Best wishes,
Karen Mensinger
Belfair Elem. Sch. Lib.
Belfair, WA (on the toe of Hood Canal)
Subject:     FAVORITE BOOKS
Sent:        04/08  11:19 AM
Received:    04/08  1:28 PM
From:        Rudolph, Judy, rudolj@grantpo.ptsd.wednet.edu
To:          loris@postoffice.ptd.net

Here in Washington we have the Washington Children's Choice Picture =
Book
Award, where students K - 3 vote for their favorite from 20 picture =
books,
inc. a few non-fiction.  This year our students like the following =
the best:
    "Soap, soap, don't forget the soap!" by Tom Birdseye
    and "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig" by Eugene =
Trivizas.
Judy Rudolph, Grant St. Elementary, Pt. Townsend, WA
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Subject:     Re: TARGET: ELEM: ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/05  3:37 PM
Received:    04/05  4:20 PM
From:        Gibbons - Deborah, dgibbons@umd5.umd.edu
To:          Joanne Sullivan, loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET

Third-  Fudge by Graeber

Fourth-  Caitlin's Holiday by Griffin

Fifth-  Seven Spiders Spinning by Maguire



Debbie Gibbons                          fax (410) 679-0131
Media Specialist                        e-mail dgibbons@umd5.umd.edu
William Paca-Old Post Rd. Elem. (INTER)
2706 Old Philadelphia Road              home (410) 679-8714
Abingdon, MD  21009
"Where life is NEVER dull.."
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Subject:     RE: TARGET: ELEM: ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/05  7:49 AM
Received:    04/05  4:20 PM
From:        b_kvetcovsky@mentor.unh.edu
To:          loris@POSTOFFICE.PTD.NET


Hi Ho- We are a rural middle/high school located in Newport, New =
Hampshire.
Newport Middle High School and its 650 students send greetings for =
your
project. We are in the middle of our maple sugaring season and will be
very glad to see spring here to stay.  It has been a very long winter.
Good luck with your project.
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Subject:     Re: TARGET: ELEM: ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/05  7:47 PM
Received:    04/05  8:29 PM
From:        nora mosley, nmosley@nccu.edu
To:          Joanne Sullivan, loris@postoffice.ptd.net

Joanne,
Some of the books my students like are John Henry, The man who =
tricked a
ghost, Snake in the House, Swamp Angel, My teacher fried my brain,
Shiloh, and The best school year ever.
Nora Mosley, Librarian
Dixon Elementary School
Holly Ridge, NC
nmosley@nccu.edu
Sorry I am at home so I may not have the titles exact and I can't
remember all the authors.
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Subject:     Re: TARGET: ELEM, ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/08  12:54 PM
Received:    04/08  1:28 PM
From:        BETSYinATL@aol.com
To:          loris@postoffice.ptd.net

>From Stone Mountain II Jr. High in Georgia:

One of the most popular books in our library is Face on the Milk =
Carton by
Caroline
Cooney.  Sharing Susan by Eve Bunting is also very popular.
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Subject:     Re: TARGET: ELEM: ATLAS READ
Sent:        04/05  12:27 AM
Received:    04/05  4:20 PM
From:        Msmukai@aol.com
To:          loris@postoffice.ptd.net

WE all love There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom/Sachar, The Watsons =
Go to
Birmingham/?  (1994?), The Giver/Lowry, the Anastasia books/Lowry, =
etc.

The Chandler School
Pasadena Ca
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That's all for now, folks.  I will post a more complete HIT in a few =
days. I hope that this is enough to encourage many of you to join in =
to do the same. It's been fun hearing from you!
Joanne







Joanne Sullivan
loris@postoffice.ptd.net