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***All Books Accepted by Accelerated Readerâ***
Accelerated Readerâ is an extremely popular reading program that helps school
children get excited and challenged about books. This program is used in over 45,000 schools. A library
journal publisher said that receiving their endorsement was like getting the
“Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.”
It is a major accomplishment for a publisher to receive this endorsement for
their books.
***All Books Accepted by Reading Is Fundamentalâ***
Reading Is Fundamentalâ (RIF) is the nation’s largest children’s and family
literacy organization. RIF, with an
expected 360,000 community volunteers of parents, teachers, librarians, and
others, will provide books and literacy resources to over 5 million children and
their families.
“I felt compelled to write to
thank you for the excellent quality and substance of your books.
My children will love them.
I appreciate the excellent website where I downloaded various coloring pictures
and associated pages to go along with each individual book.”
Catherine J. Moles, RIF Coordinator, School District of
Weyauwega-Fremont
***All Books In Data Base of Character Education Partnership***
Character Education Partnership
(CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition of over 100 organizations, such as NEA, AFT,
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, and National PTA.
CEP is dedicated to the idea that character and education are natural
partners in helping children become ethical, responsible adults.
***All Books Accepted by Scholastic Reading Counts®***
Scholastic Reading Counts®
is a reading motivation and management software program to entice students to
read independently. It simplifies
teaching, motivates reading, and provides flexibility for students.
Scholastic Reading Counts® is a subsidiary of Scholastic, the leading publisher
and distributor of children's books in the English language
Gumdrop Books
Gumdrop Books, a major international distributor of top educational library
books, has ordered over 16,000 copies of Another Sommer-Time Story series.
Gumdrop Books sells books worldwide in 62 countries to public libraries
and to public and private schools. They have since reordered books.
Postkid.com
Postkid
is a total education solutions provider for the K-12 school market they have
ordered 36,000 copies of the Another Sommer-Time Story series. Schools and
teachers, parents and students are linked via Postkid's web-based platform. This
platform consolidates an extranet that is integrated to school websites with
communication tools, a school management system, teaching and learning tools as
well as a resource library. It is currently used by more than half of schools in
Singapore. Postkid takes a proactive and integrated approach towards education
by bundling content, products and services.
Individual Educators
“Thank you for your collection of books.
They will be an integral part of my counseling curriculum here at Magnolia
I.S.D.
The topics are so perfect for large or small classroom discussions…I
appreciate you for making my job so much easier!”
Rebecca Raborn,
Elementary school counselor in
Magnolia, TX
"I thought these books were wonderful!
I used them with my kindergarten class and they led to discussion afterward.
Lessons are taught in each book that are clear.
The stories are similar to classic fairy-tales.
Children like them because they are colorful and they could relate to the
stories."
Louise Simone,
New York City kindergarten teacher
"We are writing to tell you that we read three of your fabulous books.
We read, Can You Help Me Find My Smile?,
No Longer a Dilly Dally, and Tied Up In Knots.
We thought the characters in the story were great, and we loved looking
at the pictures. When we draw
pictures, we try to add a lot of detail just like real authors.
Even though the stories are long, we listened better than we ever had!
Thanks for writing such great stories that teach us a real lesson about
life."
Ms. Pennington, Texas kindergarten teacher
"They are beautiful, and I really like them.
They are very enticing for the children." (She had a “read-in” for her fourth-grade
class. She said that when the
children read the Another Sommer-Time story books through, they would pass them
around.)
Janice H. Akers, Texas fourth grade teacher with
38 years of teaching experience
"We are really impressed with the books.
They communicate a very good message, teaching morals and right and wrong,
without preaching. I have three
children of my own and they sat and listened intently as I read the stories to
them.
At school we even had a one-year-old mesmerized by the story being read."
Anita Cordell,
Teacher, Kids Unlimited Daycare
"We now have the finest set of children’s reading books available that have ever
been written. Written by a former
New York high school teacher and outstanding author, Carl Sommer, our children
can now learn the nation’s cultural Christian ethics that give them a
standard
to live by. Written for use in all
public school children’s classrooms, these books will inspire and ground all
children in what is right.
"Children
read them over and over! Carl’s
grandfatherly story-telling genius is like learning magic."
(Bold is in the original.)
Dr. Robert Simonds,
Former Professor and President of Citizens for Excellence in Education
"These are interesting, creative, and character building stories for young
readers, each having a timely moral value and delightful illustrations."
Becky Rosenberger for Mel and Norma Gabler,
Educational Research Analysts, Longview, TX
"Carl
Sommer’s book[s] are in our bookshelf’s “read again” section.
His universe includes the universals; his lessons lighten hearts and
engage minds. I will using his
texts to instruct college students, and I read them at night to my toddlers."
Dr. Morris Edelson, Houston Community College
Instructor, TX
"We cannot say enough good things about these books. We really appreciate the message being conveyed and children
love them! We want more books!"
Pattie Sowell,
Owner of Kids Unlimited Daycare
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