tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488042654610511802.post8950417038834576144..comments2024-03-24T07:39:07.530-04:00Comments on Celebrate Nonfiction: How to Save School Libraries and Independent Bookstores and Better Prepare Our Kids for those Dreaded Standardized TestsMelissa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04322048827106827307noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488042654610511802.post-79568486432977003432010-09-26T09:54:36.000-04:002010-09-26T09:54:36.000-04:00Thanks for all your supportive comments. I hope we...Thanks for all your supportive comments. I hope we can all find more ways to get this important message out to the world.Melissa Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322048827106827307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488042654610511802.post-39985626913218644672010-09-22T20:52:11.277-04:002010-09-22T20:52:11.277-04:00Great post, Melissa. You've said it all...get...Great post, Melissa. You've said it all...get kids to love learning by giving them fantastic, well written, well researched nonfiction.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br />www.elizabethwinthrop.comElizabeth Winthrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832282498342705250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488042654610511802.post-32617164767352520392010-09-22T11:14:28.931-04:002010-09-22T11:14:28.931-04:00As a former teacher, former textbook editor and no...As a former teacher, former textbook editor and now author of non-fiction, I can attest to the difficulties of teaching to the test, and what actually makes it on the test. Great non-fiction is out there, the kind they really need to know about, and students need librarians and indy booksellers to get it into their hands.<br /><br />Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488042654610511802.post-30780636209990717092010-09-22T07:59:49.783-04:002010-09-22T07:59:49.783-04:00Great post, Melissa. Amen to that.Great post, Melissa. Amen to that.Sarah Albeehttp://www.sarahalbeebooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488042654610511802.post-65368766655750838212010-09-22T06:38:01.380-04:002010-09-22T06:38:01.380-04:00What a great post tying all the components of &quo...What a great post tying all the components of "community" together in preparing children for testing and more importantly, preparing them with some critical skills for a lifetime!Carol H Rascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129483986450326966noreply@blogger.com