Books I want to read–intro

I find that everytime I read something, that leads me to something else I want to read, and then I have all of these books or articles or magazines of interest and I forget what they were because I either am lazy and don’t write them down, or I write them down someplace random and never look at them again, or lose the piece of paper, or whatever. So I think I will try organizing them here. And who knows, maybe you will want to read some of them too. And maybe you have books you think I might want to read….then I will have even more books to read. I have no time to read anything besides my homework right now of course, but I anticipate that someday I will get to read something of my choosing again….maybe.

From my Families class: our choice of book circle books, I would like to read all of these—

East is East, West is West? Home literacy, culture, and schooling by Li, Guofong

Nickel and Dimed: On (not) getting by in America by Ehrenreich, B.

The spirit catches you and you fall down: A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures By Fanniman, Anne

Building communities of learners: A collaboration among teachers, students, families and communities By McCaleb, S.P.

Schooling Homeless Children By Quint, S.

From Creating Welcoming Schools By Allen, another book we read from this course, a suggestion by the author was to keep a collection of Cultural Memoir books in your classroom to encourage the blending of different families-these books were listed in a section of the book discussing how to create 2 way conversation and ways of creating shared stories dialogue between teachers and parents.

Bastard out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison

All over but the shoutin’, Rick Bragg

The color of water: A black man’s tribute to his white mother, James McBride

The Dreamkeepers: Successful teachers of African American children,

Traveling Mercies, AND also Operating Instructions(which I have read, but is worth mentioning because it is hilarious)-about her experiences as a single mom raising a baby boy), By Anne Lamott

Red Azalea, Anchee Min

Hunger of memory, Richard Rodriguez

House on Mango street, Sandra Cisneros

The MisEducation of the negro, Carter Woodson

My next step will be to track down the many places I have listed books of interest and add them here….more to come, have these sparked any ideas?????