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Esmé Raji Codell
Esmé Raji Codell is the author of the acclaimed novel Sahara Special, winner of the IRA Children's Book Award, a Kirkus Editors' Choice for 2003, and a BookSense 76 #1 title; as well as a memoir for young readers, Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade. A former... show more

Esmé Raji Codell is the author of the acclaimed novel Sahara Special, winner of the IRA Children's Book Award, a Kirkus Editors' Choice for 2003, and a BookSense 76 #1 title; as well as a memoir for young readers, Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade. A former teacher, bookseller, and children's librarian, she lives with her husband and son in Chicago. Sahara Special and Sing a Song of Tuna Fish Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade are also available on audio from Listening Library.
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Esmé Raji Codell's Books
Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year - Esmé Raji Codell How to Get Your Child to Love Reading - Esmé Raji Codell Diary of a Fairy Godmother - Esmé Raji Codell, Drazen Kozjan 12: A Novel - Mary Pope Osborne, Garth N... 12: A Novel - Mary Pope Osborne, Garth Nix, Gail Carson Levine, Karen Hesse, Katherine Applegate, M.T. Anderson, Alison McGhee, David Levithan, Esmé Raji Codell, Brian Selznick, Patrick Jennings, Ellen Potter, Suzanne Collins Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman - Esmé Raji Codell, Lynne Rae Perkins Vive La Paris - Esmé Raji Codell Sahara Special - Esmé Raji Codell Hanukkah, Shmanukkah! - Esmé Raji Codell Untitled Codell Picture Book - Esmé Raji... Untitled Codell Picture Book - Esmé Raji Codell, To Be Announced Maybe Mother Goose - Esmé Raji Codell, E... Maybe Mother Goose - Esmé Raji Codell, Elisa Chavarri It's Time for Preschool! - Esmé Raji Codell, Sue Rama Girls Series Mix (Grade 4 - 6): Sahara Special; Indigo Blue; Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear; the Sisters Club; Julia Gillian and the Art of Knowing; the Valentine Day Disaster (An Unofficial Box Set) - Megan Mcdonald, Esme Raji Codell The Basket Ball - Esmé Raji Codell, Jennifer Plecas
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Maybe Mother Goose - Esmé Raji Codell, E... Maybe Mother Goose - Esmé Raji Codell, Elisa Chavarri
Sahara Special - Esmé Raji Codell
Sahara Special - Esmé Raji Codell
Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year - Esmé Raji Codell
How to Get Your Child to Love Reading - Esmé Raji Codell
Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year - Esmé Raji Codell
It's Time for Preschool! - Esmé Raji Codell, Sue Rama
Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman - Esmé Raji Codell, Lynne Rae Perkins
Hanukkah, Shmanukkah! - Esmé Raji Codell
Sahara Special - Esmé Raji Codell
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danae
danae rated it 8 years ago
text "Educating Esmé" by Esmé Raji Codell
This book was definitely entertaining, but I wonder about how much of it was factual. It claims to be the diary of a first-year teacher, but it seemed very idealistic and unrealistic.And it didn't sit right with me that there was a time when her students stabbed a substitute teacher in the back with...
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The Symmetrical Bookworm
The Symmetrical Bookworm rated it 11 years ago
text Sahara Special
Last year I checked this out of my school library, because I liked the cover and the blurb sounded interesting. Meh. I didn't really like it. This had so much potential. I just felt like it was lacking. I probably won't read this again.
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Dee's Blog Blog
Dee's Blog Blog rated it 11 years ago
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this is one of those books that any teacher, or anyone inspiring to be a teacher should read (although, I don't fall into either of those 2 categories).
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mrsbond
mrsbond rated it 12 years ago
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Johnny Appleseed is a legend. This picturebook biography attempts to shed light on John Chapman, the man who became Johnny Appleseed. The author shows the reader a man who loved and wanted to preserve nature, a man who cherished peace, and a man who used his resources.Early elementary teachers may w...
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debnance
debnance rated it 12 years ago
text Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman
Do we really need another book about Johnny Appleseed? In my primary library I have seventeen different books about Johnny Appleseed. Now I have eighteen. And I am very happy with this new look at Johnny. Before I even saw the book, I knew I'd love it; how can you go wrong with a collaboration betwe...
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