Please share with teachers: *Matt de la Peña will be speaking at San
Francisco Public Library <http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1021800701>* tomorrow
evening: Tuesday 5/3 at 5:30pm.
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Matt is the winner of the 2016 Newbery Medal for Last Stop on Market
Street, a children’s picture book, and best-selling author of six
young-adult titles, including Ball Don’t Lie and Mexican WhiteBoy.
Want to learn more about Matt? Here are two of my favorite pieces from NPR:
"Sometimes the 'Tough Teen' Is Quietly Writing Stories,"
<http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/11/11/243960103/a-reluctant-reader-turns-ya-author-for-tough-teens>
NPR
Code Switch series 2013
"On Board a City Bus, A Little Boy Find the Route to Gratitude
<http://www.npr.org/2015/02/06/383856887/on-board-a-city-bus-a-little-boy-finds-the-route-to-gratitude>,"
NPR Author Interview 2015
Thank you for spreading the word!
Mary Ann
Elementary Teacher Librarian
BUSD
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Mary Ann
*what I'm reading now: Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard, by Jonathan
Auxier *
*what I'm listening to now: **The Great American Whatever, by Tim Federle*
check out my blog to find new books to read with your kids!
*Great Kid Books <http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com>*
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