In library class, we have been reading books on the topic of gratitude, our TES character trait for November. Students agreed that we should all show our appreciation to Jason Chin for visiting our school in September.
Students in grades 3-6th wrote and drew thank you postcards which were then mailed to Vermont author/illustrator, Jason Chin.
Amber & Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz, illus. by Julia Iredale
Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz (Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!) has created a literary feast in this intoxicatingly original tale that takes place in ancient Greece. Amber & Clay is part sweeping saga and part epic narrative, with liberal doses of ancient history, drama, mythology and philosophy included. Painstakingly researched, the 500-plus-page volume follows the odyssey of two 5th-century BCE children destined never to meet–in the living world.