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Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year, Expanded Edition
Esmé Raji Codell
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Description for Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year, Expanded Edition
Paperback. Suitable for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, this title features the exuberant diary of Esme Raji Codell's first year teaching in a Chicago public school. It opens a window into a real-life classroom from a teacher's perspective. It reveals what it takes to be an exceptional teacher. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
At once "a pop culture phenomenon" (Publishers Weekly) and "screamingly funny" (Booklist), Educating Esmé "should be read by anyone who's interested in the future of public education" (Boston Phoenix Literary Section). A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esmé is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell’s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esmé—as she prefers to be called—does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom ... Read more
At once "a pop culture phenomenon" (Publishers Weekly) and "screamingly funny" (Booklist), Educating Esmé "should be read by anyone who's interested in the future of public education" (Boston Phoenix Literary Section). A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esmé is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell’s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esmé—as she prefers to be called—does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781565129351
SKU
V9781565129351
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About Esmé Raji Codell
A nationally renowned advocate for literacy and literature-based instruction, Esmé Raji Codell is today "one of the nation's most sought-after voices for empowering teachers" (People) and a "Superstar of Education" (Scolastic Instructor). Esmé has been interviewed on CBS This Morning, CNN, C-SPAN’s Book Talk, and NPR. The author of How to Get Your Child to Love Reading as well as ... Read more
Reviews for Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year, Expanded Edition
"Educating Esme is that exceptional education book about an even more exceptional teacher." Kirkus Reviews"