Confession. I have Matt de la Peña and Rebecca Marsick to thank for this. While doing professional development in Bridgeport and New Haven with Matt's new book, Milo Imagines the World, he volunteered appearances in schools if he could promote the use of Indie books stores. We used Atticus in New Haven, but soon after Rebecca introduced me to People Get Ready. Knowing summer was coming, I introduced myself to them and said, "How'd you like to order books for CWP-Fairfield's summer programs?"
Delores and Lauren are amazing...the real deal. Passionate about urban education and, more importantly, assuring books are in the hands of all kids.
The professional books (Gholdy, Kelly, Nicole) are from CWP's library for summer use (I have stock), while the children's and YA books came from the New Haven Book store.
Their email comes, and I can't wait to get in the car to get a box of goodies. I'm like a little kid. I come home and add the books to the gift-pile for teachers. Thank you for coming to my graduate course. Thanks to the funding from xxx, I'm happy to gift you with a summer of professional learning. These are for you and, coupled with the National Writing Project tradition, I'm sure you're about to have the best summer of your life. Yes. These are for you. You deserve them.
And I also came home yesterday and wrote my first book-spine poem. I've seen a few of these here and there and realized, "Wait. I have a theme for my teachers this summer. What might a poem for them look like?"
So I drafted.
Ah, poetry is everywhere. And I can't wait for this summer to kick off! People, Get Ready!
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