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 Educating
Esme: Diary of A Teacher's First Year
by Codell, Esme Raji
(For Parents and Children, Algonquin, $10.95, 1565122798)
"This is great and inspiring for teachers! And affordable now that it's just out in paperback." - Bud Gaston, Butterfly Books, DePere, WI
Mrs. Spitzer's Garden
by Pattou,
Edith, illustrated by Tricia
Tusa
(Ages 3 - 7, Harcourt, $16.00, 0152019782)
"Mrs. Spitzer is a remarkable teacher who knows about gardens and children and how they both flourish if tended lovingly. It's a simple story with whimsical illustrations that celebrates teachers who help children grow and blossom; a perfect gift for a wonderful teacher as well as an outstanding picture book." - Sidney Jackson, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO
Thank You, Mr. Falker
by Polacco, Patricia
(Ages 4 - 8, Philomel (Penguin Putnam), $16.99, 0399231668) "Polacco's books
are all so wonderful, but this is my favorite. It is both a thank you to an actual
teacher she had, as well as a tribute to all the special teachers who have made
a real difference in the lives of the children they teach." - Dave Kaverman,
Little Professor Book Company, Ft. Wayne, IN
 Year
of Miss Agnes, The
by Hill,
Kirkpatrick
(Ages 8 - 12, Simon & Schuster, $16.00, 0689829337) "Told from the point
of view of 10-year old Frederika, this is the amazing story of Miss Agnes Sutterfield,
teacher extraordinaire!Miss Agnes comes to the rural one room schoolhouse in
an Alaskan fishing village in 1948 and transforms her students into curious,
questioning learners who love school." - Jenn Fontaine, Bookrack &
Children's Pages, Essex, VT
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