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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Newsletters

A FREE periodic email newsletter covering Children's Literature: new books, topics in depth, old favorites revisited, the latest on this web site and other resources on the Internet.

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Web Versions

2008, Issue 1.

Reviews of books and recommended links.

2007, Issue 1.

Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff.

2006, Issue 1.

Reviews of new book releases.

2005, Issue 3.

Featured Book: The Breaker Boys by Pat Hughes.

2005, Issue 2.

Featured Book: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata.

2005, Issue 1.

Featured Book: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes.

2004, Issue 8.

Featured Subject: The Holocaust.

2004, Issue 7.

Featured Subject: Time of the Pilgrims: 1600-1700.

2004, Issue 6.

Featured Book: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White.

2004, Issue 5.

Featured Book: Look to the North by Jean Craighead George.

2004, Issue 4.

Featured Book: Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel.

2004, Issue 3.

Featured Author: Susan Goodman.

2004, Issue 2.

Featured Book: Attaboy, Sam! by Lois Lowry.

2004, Issue 1.

Featured Book: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein.

2003, Issue 9.

Featured Subject: Weather.

2003, Issue 8.

Featured Book: A Killing in Plymouth Colony by Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis.

2003, Issue 7.

Featured Book: Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen.

2003, Issue 6.

Featured Subject: Slavery.

2003, Issue 4.

Featured Author: Mitsumasa Anno.

2003, Issue 5.

Featured Book: Far North by Will Hobbs.

2003, Issue 4.

Featured Author: Mitsumasa Anno.

2003, Issue 3.

Featured Book: In Plain Sight by Carol Otis Hurst.

2003, Issue 2.

Featured Subject: Folk and Fairy Tales, Tongue-in-Cheek Versions.

2003, Issue 1.

Featured Book: The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco.

November 2002 Issue.

Featured Subject: Kids' Books Set in Schools.

October 2002 Issue.

Featured Title: Keeper of the Doves.

September 2002 Issue.

Featured Subject: Biographies and Memoirs.

August 2002 Issue.

Featured Subject: Reading Aloud grades PreK - 9.

June 2002 Issue.

Featured Author/Illustrator: Arnold Lobel.

May 2002 Issue.

Featured Subject: Buildings and Architecture.

April 2002 Issue.

Featured Book: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park.

March 2002 Issue.

Featured Subject: The Great Depression.

February 2002 Issue.

Featured Subject: States.

January 2002 Issue.

Featured Subject: Wind.

December 2001 Issue.

Featured Author/Illustrator: James Stevenson.

November 2001 Issue.

Featured Subject: Work and Children's Books.

October 2001 Issue.

Featured Book: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse.

September 2001 Issue.

Featured Book: Snowflake Bentley.

July 2001 Issue.

Featured Subject: Your Summer Reading.

June 2001 Issue.

News.

Featured Subject: Looking Critically at Picture Books with Students.

May 2001 Issue.

News.

Featured Subject: Guided Reading and Good Literature.

April 2001 Issue.

News.

Featured Subject: Local History and Family Stories.

March 2001 Issue.

News.

Featured Subject: Women's History.

February 2001 Issue.

Workshop and Website News.

Featured Author: Richard Peck.

January 2001 Issue.

Newbery and Workshop News.

Flight and Children's Literature.

December 2000 Issue.

Workshop News.

Winter and Children's Literature.

November 2000 Issue.

Picture books for all ages in the History, Math and Science Programs.

October 2000 Issue.

Workshop News, New Book Reviews.

May 2000 Issue.

News, Featured Book: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech.

April 2000 Issue.

News, Featured Subject: Poetry Books.

February 2000 Issue.

News, Featured Book: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis.

January 2000 Issue.

Web Site News, Featured Subject: Martin Luther King Day.

December 1999 Issue.

Web Site News, Featured Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling.

November 1999 Issue.

Web Site News, New Book Reviews, Featured Subject: Fools and Tricksters, Featured Book: The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, Featured Author: Virginia Hamilton, From the Desk.

Late Summer 1999 Issue.

Web Site News, New Book Reviews, Featured Subject: Cities and Towns, Featured Book: Heartlight by T. A. Barron, Featured Author: Seymour Simon, Behind the Desk.

Spring 1999 Issue.

Web Site News, New Book Reviews, Featured Subject: Quests, Featured Book: Black and White by David Macaulay, Featured Author: James Marshall, Behind the Desk.

Winter 1999 Issue.

Web Site News, Featured Subject: The Ocean, New Book Reviews, Featured Author: Kathryn Lasky, Behind the Desk.

Fall 1998 Issue.

Web Site News, Featured Subject: The Civil War, New Book Reviews, Featured Author: Jean Fritz.

Summer 1998 Issue.

Featured Subject: Geology , Book Reviews, Featured Author: Phyllis Naylor:.

Spring 1998 Issue.

Featured Subject: Bullies , Featured Book: Going Through the Gate, Featured Author: Barbara Cooney: Notes From the Road.

January, 1998 Issue.

Featured Subject: Mysteries, New Book Reviews, Featured Author: Katherine Paterson, Notes From the Road.

October, 1997 Issue.

Featured Subject: Mythology, New Book Reviews, Featured Author: Eric Carle, Notes From the Road.

August 5, 1997 Issue.

Featured Subject: Families, New Book Reviews, Featured Author: Avi, Notes From the Road.

April 1997 Issue. Volume 2, Number 2.

Featured Subject: World War II, Featured Author: Dr. Seuss, Book Reviews, Notes from the Road.

January 1997 Issue. Volume 2, Number 1.

What's New on the Web Site. Featured Subject: Picture Books in the Classroom, PreK-9. Featured Author: Lois Lowry. Book Reviews: Best Books for 1996. Glimpses from the Road.

October 1996 Issue. Volume 1, Number 3.

Free Drawing, $400 value. What's New on the Web Site. Quilts and Children's Literature. Author Study, Betsy Byars. New Release. Glimpses from the Road.

July 1996 Issue. Volume 1, Number 2.

Latest additions and upcoming improvements to the web site, reviews of three new children's books, review of a professional book (Teaching Physical Science Through Children's Literature), an author study of Pat Hutchins' work, and the topic Literature in the Math Program.

Premiere Issue. April 1996. Volume 1, Number 1.

Grand Opening of the Web Site, reviews of three new children's books, review of a professional book (On Their Side by Bob Strachota), an author study of Kevin Henkes' work, a Featured Book (Dandelions by Eva Bunting) in depth and the topic of Colonial America, 1600-1776 through children's literature.