The Get Schooled reading list Apr 7, 2006
Educating Esme: Diary of a Teachers First Year, Esme Raji Codell. Among Schoolchildren, Tracy Kidder. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Fourth and Fifth Grade Winners of Scholastic Book Fairs National Kids Are Authors(R) Competition Join Scholastic's Roster of Published Authors May 10, 2005
This year's panel of distinguished judges included reknowned and award- winning children's book authors and illustrators including Fred and Patricia McKissack (Days of Jubilee), Bill and Carol Wallace (The Furball Puppy), Brian Selznick (Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride), Esme Raji Codell (Sahara Special) and Mo Willems (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus). To recognize their accomplishment, each young writer will receive a medal, framed certificate and a copy of their published book during an... (Yahoo Finance -- Printing & Publishing)
Enjoy tales of teachers Sep 7, 2004
In "Sahara Special," Esme Raji Codell, herself a former teacher, introduces Sahara Jones, a fifth-grader who's repeating a grade after a disastrous year in special education. Her new teacher, Madame Poitier, known as Miss Pointy, tells the class that "boring" is a swear word and that no one in her class will fail. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Booking it Jan 24, 2004
(Hank Zipzer Series #1) by Henry Winkler ' Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia byng ' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) by J. K. Rowling ' The Slippery Slope -- Book the Tenth (A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket ' The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo ' Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell ' Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech.Children: Teens ' Eragon by Christopher Paolini ' Green Angel by Alice Hoffman ' The River Between Us... (AZCentral -- Families)
10 favorites in children's Dec 6, 2003
Sahara Special, by Esme Raji Codell (Hyperion Books for Children, $15. Miss Pointy surely reflects a bit of Codell, who taught at a Chicago school before her unorthodox methods clashed with the school principal (Rocky Mountain News, CO)
Esme Raji Codell 'Takes Five' Nov 10, 2003
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A moment with ... Esme Raji Codell, author/educator Oct 17, 2003
If you were a fifth-grader, would you rather read poetry with "Mrs. Codell" or the endlessly inventive "Madame Esme?" Presentation counts, as Esme Raji Codell learned in her sometimes crazy-making years as a Chicago public school teacher. The best-selling author of "Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year" brings the same infectious spirit to "How To Get Your Child To Love Reading" (Algonquin, 531 pages, $18 (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
