This year marks the fourth year Behind the Book has worked with JHS 13 in Spanish Harlem.  

2009-2010

Mixed Grade
Journal Making

Grade 6
Zetta Elliot and Shadra Strickland, Bird, poetry writing workshop and journal making workshop Art Specialist, Barbara Korein
Tony Medina, Love to Langston, poetry writing workshop
Trish Marx, Steel Drumming at the Apollo


Grade 8
Rita Williams-Garcia, Jumped, fiction writing and journal making workshop with Art Specialist, Barbara Korein
Matt De La Pena, We Were Here, fiction writing workshop
Willie Perdomo Where a Nickel Costs a Dime, poetry workshop

2008-2009

Grade 6
Zetta Elliot and Shadra Strickland, Bird, poetry writing workshop
Trish Marx, Steel Drumming at the Apollo: The Road to Super Top Dog, guided tour of the Apollo Theatre

Grade 7
Todd Strasser, Boot Camp, narrative writing workshop
Greg Neri, Chess Rumble, poetry writing workshop

Grade 8
Charles Smith, Jr., Chameleon, narrative writing workshop
Tony Medina, I and I Bob Marley

Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, trip to Museum of the Moving Image
Greg Neri & Jesse Joshua Watson, Chess Rumble, poetry writing and illustration workshop

2007-2008

Grade 6
Trish Marx, Steel Drumming At the Apollo: The Road to Super Top Dog, guided tour of the Apollo Theatre
Jacqueline Woodson, After Tupac and D Foster, fiction writing workshop

Grade 7
Willie Perdomo, Where a Nickel Costs a Dime, Poetry Writing Workshop
James Howe, The Misfits, fiction writing workshop
John Grandits, Technically It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems, concrete poetry writing workshop
Patricia McCormick, Cut, fiction writing workshop

Grade 8
Paul Volponi, Black and White, fiction writing workshop
Jesus Papoleto Melendez, A "Papolito" Reader: Excerpts from Chronicles of a Nuyorican Poet, poetry writing ___workshop

2006-2007

Grade 6
Hope Anita Smith, The Way A Day Closes, poetry writing workshop
Eric Walters, special visit, writing presentation
Jacqueline Woodson, If She Comes Softly, Author Presentation with Q&A

Grade 7
Patricia McCormick, My Brother's Keeper, Author Presentation with Q&A
Willie Perdomo, Where A Nickel Costs A Dime, poetry writing workshop

Grade 8
Hope Anita Smith, The Way A Day Closes, poetry writing workshop
Alex Simmons, The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes is Missing!, writing workshop

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