Books by Alums
In Inquiry Illuminated, Anne Goudvis, Stephanie Harvey, and classroom teacher Brad Buhrow shine a light on researcher's workshop—an approach whose true north emerges from kids’ curiosity. Adapting structures you already know from reader’s and writer’s workshop, they share a predictable, proven, and—most importantly—authentic approach that:
In this collection of timely essays and incantations, award-winning author May-lee Chai explores the intersection of world history and her own--feeding herself and her ghosts in the process.
William Shakespeare and Abraham Lincoln walk into a meeting...But what happens next is no joke. By following the wisdom and example of these two visionaries, any leader can embody the honor, persuasion and high-stakes art of leadership.
A psychopath's scented love letters. Neo-Nazi music journalism. The museum guestbook, right beside a lifelike diorama of musicians in their natural habitat. This collection of hybrid fiction is all that remains of the Stonehaven Symphony Orchestra.
Exploding the assumption that Black women's only important musical contributions have been in folk, jazz, and pop.
Our divided politics, unable to solve the challenges we face concerning society’s hierarchies of injustice, poverty, endless war, and climate change, are now backtracking to even more division.
Tired of cryptic sailing manuals? Common Sense Seamanship cuts through the jargon and delivers practical, easy-to-digest wisdom straight from the heart of the cruising routes.
A promising ski racer’s career is shattered by a near-fatal crash, forcing a young man to reinvent himself.
The Boys from the South Side is about two young men, raised miles apart on the South Side of Chicago, who answered the call to fight for America when World War II erupted.
Twelve-year-old Diddly Duggins would rather draw than learn about the B-O-R-I-N-G Great Memory Misplacement. No memories of dead loved ones, no grief: who cares?