Comments on: Shelfish http://www.marierutkoski.com/journal/102 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:29:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marie http://www.marierutkoski.com/journal/102/comment-page-1#comment-249 Marie Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:20:51 +0000 http://www.marierutkoski.com/?p=102#comment-249 Mordicai: what would life be like without monkeys? Mary: No need to worry about the w! The truth is that there probably WAS a w in my name ages ago. I'm sure there's some Ellis Island/immigration explanation for the missing w. Thank you so much for your kind comments about the novel! As for a teacher's guide, Macmillan, which is the parent company of Farrar, Straus & Giroux (my publisher) has one. Here's the HTML link and the PDF: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:WvT94tuwEj0J:media.us.macmillan.com/teachersguides/9780374310264TG.pdf+way+down+deep+cabinet+of+wonders&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us http://media.us.macmillan.com/teachersguides/9780374310264TG.pdf There is also an author's note at the end of the novel that discusses a bit the real history that influenced my writing. That might be helpful. You're right: I should probably work on a discussion/teacher's guide of my own. I hadn't thought of that, so thank you! I'm a teacher, too, so I understand how helpful guides are for lesson planning. I think I'll probably be able to put something together in early September, so look for it on my website then. Meanwhile, if you have any further questions, please let me know. Mordicai: what would life be like without monkeys?

Mary: No need to worry about the w! The truth is that there probably WAS a w in my name ages ago. I’m sure there’s some Ellis Island/immigration explanation for the missing w.

Thank you so much for your kind comments about the novel! As for a teacher’s guide, Macmillan, which is the parent company of Farrar, Straus & Giroux (my publisher) has one. Here’s the HTML link and the PDF:

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:WvT94tuwEj0J:media.us.macmillan.com/teachersguides/9780374310264TG.pdf+way+down+deep+cabinet+of+wonders&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

http://media.us.macmillan.com/teachersguides/9780374310264TG.pdf

There is also an author’s note at the end of the novel that discusses a bit the real history that influenced my writing. That might be helpful.

You’re right: I should probably work on a discussion/teacher’s guide of my own. I hadn’t thought of that, so thank you! I’m a teacher, too, so I understand how helpful guides are for lesson planning. I think I’ll probably be able to put something together in early September, so look for it on my website then. Meanwhile, if you have any further questions, please let me know.

]]> By: mordicai http://www.marierutkoski.com/journal/102/comment-page-1#comment-248 mordicai Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:54:07 +0000 http://www.marierutkoski.com/?p=102#comment-248 One of the medievalist blogs I don't read but stumble upon every so often really likes posting the monkeys that pop up in a lot of marginalia. One of the medievalist blogs I don’t read but stumble upon every so often really likes posting the monkeys that pop up in a lot of marginalia.

]]> By: Mary Zickus http://www.marierutkoski.com/journal/102/comment-page-1#comment-247 Mary Zickus Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:16:39 +0000 http://www.marierutkoski.com/?p=102#comment-247 Sorry about that extraneous 'w' in your name. I need to proofread better. Sorry about that extraneous ‘w’ in your name. I need to proofread better.

]]> By: Mary Zickus http://www.marierutkoski.com/journal/102/comment-page-1#comment-246 Mary Zickus Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:08:02 +0000 http://www.marierutkoski.com/?p=102#comment-246 Good morning Ms. Rutkowski, I am a college friend of Becky Rosenthal. I saw on Facebook this morning her recommendation to pick up your new book. I just read the first chapter and it sounds like just the sort of thing I might have my students read. I am a 6th grade teacher in Chicago. This age group seems to really enjoy fantasy and science fiction novels that feature heroes and heroines in their age group. These are usually my favorites, too! The response I got last year to Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series was phenomenal. I am hoping to get the same this year with Jeanne DuPrau's *City of Ember*. That being said, I have a question for you. Do you have any plans to publish a teacher's guide to accompany the Kronos series? Just in the first chapter, it is clear that a great deal of research and care went into creating the setting and characters. It has been my experience that teaching guides that come from directly from the author are more effective (and more interesting) paths to understanding these elements of the story. I look forward to finishing the book. Congratulations on your success! Mary Zickus Good morning Ms. Rutkowski,

I am a college friend of Becky Rosenthal. I saw on Facebook this morning her recommendation to pick up your new book. I just read the first chapter and it sounds like just the sort of thing I might have my students read. I am a 6th grade teacher in Chicago. This age group seems to really enjoy fantasy and science fiction novels that feature heroes and heroines in their age group. These are usually my favorites, too! The response I got last year to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series was phenomenal. I am hoping to get the same this year with Jeanne DuPrau’s City of Ember. That being said, I have a question for you. Do you have any plans to publish a teacher’s guide to accompany the Kronos series? Just in the first chapter, it is clear that a great deal of research and care went into creating the setting and characters. It has been my experience that teaching guides that come from directly from the author are more effective (and more interesting) paths to understanding these elements of the story.

I look forward to finishing the book. Congratulations on your success!

Mary Zickus

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