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Is Caps For Sale Worth Keeping?

July 11, 2020 by KeepingClassics Leave a Comment

“It’s not culturally responsive.” “It’s outdated.” “I roll my eyes every time someone suggests a book to me that’s over 70 years old.” These are the reasons mentioned on teacher Twitter recently for ridding your classroom of Caps For Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina. TeachersContinue Reading

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I’m a writer, a reader, and a teacher on a mission to save the classics.

With over a decade of experience teaching American Literature to teenagers, I no longer buy into the myth that the classics are dead because teens find them boring and won’t read them. I help students and teachers access the relevance of American classics. I love networking with authors and educators to reignite the love of classic literature for a new generation. Mostly, though, I love helping students find the stories of themselves in the very stories that help shape our nation. Read More

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