HELP WANTED!!

My editor just informed me that my book, Using Content-Area Graphic Texts for Learning: A Guide for Middle-Level Educators  will be out in early November!!! My co-author Katie Monnin and I are really excited!

The first part of the book introduces the mechanics of today's graphic novels and details how they've changed over the years.  It also relates why these books are such effective tools for today's classrooms (for a glimpse go to :http://departingthetext.blogspot.com/2012/09/he-yes-graphic-novels-should-be-used-to.html).

The second part of the book details how graphic novels can be used in math, language arts, social studies, and science middle-school classrooms.  We relate how graphic novels can help students with various needs (along attention, memory, language, sequencing and cognitive skills) in each of these content-area classrooms. We also explain how graphic novels can be used to meet Common Core Standards for each of these content-areas. Then, we provide two lesson plans within each content-area classroom and provide extensive lists of suggested graphic novels relevant to each subject/content area.


HERE'S HOW I NEED YOUR HELP:

•  A book launch party: If you have any ideas for a book launching party, I'd love to hear them. [We plan to make one but have, unfortunately, never been to one myself.] 

• FREE examination copies: We will be giving at least one copy of my book away to my blog readers, asking in return that you write a review on Amazon.com  IF you'd like to help with this, please let me know.

• Other ideas? If you have any other ideas to help promote this book, please share them in the comments.

Thank you as always for your visits and advice.  I look forward to your brainstorming ideas and interests in free examination copies in your comments.

Have a great week and I hope to see you here again soon!