Thanks, Jenna! I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you when you came through the line. I was so focused on signing books! I remember your daughter though. I hope she loves the book!
Oh my goodness, you are under no obligation to recognize me! We've never met and you had about a bazillion books to sign :) My daughter LOVES your book and has requested half your backlist at the library.
What about the kids do a bake sale or some kind of community event to raise funds for author visits? I'm not sure exactly how that might work, and depending on the economic situation of your school and the kids' families (some families might have trouble contributing goodies to a bake sale).
Aside from that, I have only just discovered your Substack, and I am very much enjoying it. I am not a teacher, I have no kids, but I come from a family of teachers (both parents, grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins) and am interested in our (collective) kids getting as good an education as possible and clearly you are offering that to your students. I love that you focus on indigenous perspectives, the sides of history that so often are left out, and the actual results and aftermath of things like "revolutions". Really important stuff! (Thank goodness you are in WA and not FL or OK or GA, though of course there are undoubtedly loads of wonderful teachers there doing the best they can within the boundaries set for them.) Thank you for the work you do!
Wonderful reflections. Your students are so lucky to have you! and I hope kids out here in East Asia are reading books like Gratz's.
I hope so too
Thanks, Jenna! I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you when you came through the line. I was so focused on signing books! I remember your daughter though. I hope she loves the book!
Oh my goodness, you are under no obligation to recognize me! We've never met and you had about a bazillion books to sign :) My daughter LOVES your book and has requested half your backlist at the library.
What about the kids do a bake sale or some kind of community event to raise funds for author visits? I'm not sure exactly how that might work, and depending on the economic situation of your school and the kids' families (some families might have trouble contributing goodies to a bake sale).
Aside from that, I have only just discovered your Substack, and I am very much enjoying it. I am not a teacher, I have no kids, but I come from a family of teachers (both parents, grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins) and am interested in our (collective) kids getting as good an education as possible and clearly you are offering that to your students. I love that you focus on indigenous perspectives, the sides of history that so often are left out, and the actual results and aftermath of things like "revolutions". Really important stuff! (Thank goodness you are in WA and not FL or OK or GA, though of course there are undoubtedly loads of wonderful teachers there doing the best they can within the boundaries set for them.) Thank you for the work you do!