Vive la Paris by Esme Raji Codell

If you loved Sahara Special (previous Global Reading Challenge Title) as I did, this is a must read! If you find you love Vive la Paris, then you will have to also read Sahara Special.

The author’s first book that I read was Educating Esme about her year as a first year teacher. I think that this author has found that writing is her true calling! She is an avid book collector with over 12,000 books in her own personal library.(Even more than Mrs. B has!!) She has also spent time as a children’s librarian. Books of her’s in our library include  Diary of a Fairy Godmother, Sahara Special, Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Tales from Fifth Grade, and Vive la Paris Check out her website at: http://www.planetesme.com/. You may also enjoy her book blog: http://planetesme.blogspot.com/ Ms. Codell considers herself a READIOLOGIST(TM) and you can hear her in her own words on her interview with Just One More Book: http://www.justonemorebook.com/2007/10/13/interview-with-esme-raji-codell/ which is also available on our online resources at the TeachingBooks.net database.

Access the Teaching Books.net data base to retrieve a book guide for Vive la Paris: http://www.teachingbooks.net/titleidsearch.cgi?id=7121 http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/data/books/tgpdf/07868512441691.pdf or listen to an audio clip at http://www.booksontape.com/bookdetail.cfm/YA1335ACD

And don’t forget to check out any additional links at Seattle Public Library’s Global Reading site: http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_children_global