Vermont Reads Counting on Grace

JUST IN: COUNTING ON GRACE has been nominated for the 2007-2008 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award.

Come to the Bennington Museum May 19, 2007 for
VERMONT READS COUNTING ON GRACE DAY!

IN 2007 VERMONT WILL BE READING
COUNTING ON GRACE

Readers of all ages in over 60 Vermont communities will be reading COUNTING ON GRACE in 2007 (Random House, 2006, Listening Library Edition, March 2007, paperback edition, August, 2007).

Larissa Vigue, the program director, explains why:

"Counting on Grace is not only a fine piece of literature to read and discuss; it holds great potential for extension activities. Subjects and themes rich for research and art projects, lectures, panel discussions, dramatic interpretation, field trips, and the like include Vermont mill history and the history of child labor, French Canadian culture, family relationships, poverty, the value of education, and especially, the power of old photographs to tell stories. Thanks to Lewis Hine's eagle eye, and Elizabeth Winthrop's passion and imagination, this one photograph has been - and will continue to be - worth many thousands of words."

Check this website for more details: http://www.vermonthumanities.org/index_files/vtreads.htm

As the author, I'm delighted and honored that COUNTING ON GRACE has been selected for the 2007 VERMONT READS. Vermont is a state where, as I have recently learned, people take books very much to heart. Stories shared among all ages help to connect people who might otherwise be separated by age or geography or life circumstances. I love to think of the pairings that a discussion of Grace's life in the mill might foster and I hope to listen in on some of those conversations.

Please download the map and come visit the setting that inspired my story.

Download a comprehensive Curriculum Links Guide for teaching COUNTING ON GRACE to all ages and across all disciplines.

Check back here and at my News and Events page to hear about related activities.

Starting Sunday, March 4th at 7 p.m. and every Sunday night through May 20th, you can listen to Lilli Gamache reading COUNTING ON GRACE on Vermont Public Radio.

Visit my friend and fellow writer Joe Manning's website. Read how he helped me find Addie Card. Follow his search for the descendants of more children from Lewis Hine photographs.

Teachers, come visit my new teacher's page to learn more about how to teach many of my books in the classroom. And be in touch with me directly () or through the guestbook to tell me and your fellow teachers your students' reactions to COUNTING ON GRACE and whether you've been able to use it in connection with your social studies curriculum.

Here I am at the mill site with a class of Sixth Graders from the Long Trail School who travelled down from Dorset, Vermont to see the setting that inspired COUNTING ON GRACE.


home the author bookshelf reviews and honors teachers page school visit guide advice for young writers guestbook news & events	JUST IN: COUNTING ON GRACE has been nominated for the 2007-2008 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award. Come to the Bennington Museum May 19, 2007 for VERMONT READS COUNTING ON GRACE DAY! IN 2007 VERMONT WILL BE READING COUNTING ON GRACE Readers of all ages in over 60 Vermont communities will be reading COUNTING ON GRACE in 2007 (Random House, 2006, Listening Library Edition, March 2007, paperback edition, August, 2007). Larissa Vigue, the program director, explains why: "Counting on Grace is not only a fine piece of literature to read and discuss; it holds great potential for extension activities. Subjects and themes rich for research and art projects, lectures, panel discussions, dramatic interpretation, field trips, and the like include Vermont mill history and the history of child labor, French Canadian culture, family relationships, poverty, the value of education, and especially, the power of old photographs to tell stories. Thanks to Lewis Hine's eagle eye, and Elizabeth Winthrop's passion and imagination, this one photograph has been - and will continue to be - worth many thousands of words." Check this website for more details: http://www.vermonthumanities.org/index_files/vtreads.htm As the author, I'm delighted and honored that COUNTING ON GRACE has been selected for the 2007 VERMONT READS. Vermont is a state where, as I have recently learned, people take books very much to heart. Stories shared among all ages help to connect people who might otherwise be separated by age or geography or life circumstances. I love to think of the pairings that a discussion of Grace's life in the mill might foster and I hope to listen in on some of those conversations. Please download the map and come visit the setting that inspired my story. Download a comprehensive Curriculum Links Guide for teaching COUNTING ON GRACE to all ages and across all disciplines. Check back here and at my News and Events page to hear about related activities. Starting Sunday, March 4th at 7 p.m. and every Sunday night through May 20th, you can listen to Lilli Gamache reading COUNTING ON GRACE on Vermont Public Radio. Visit my friend and fellow writer Joe Manning's website. Read how he helped me find Addie Card. Follow his search for the descendants of more children from Lewis Hine photographs. Teachers, come visit my new teacher's page to learn more about how to teach many of my books in the classroom. And be in touch with me directly () or through the guestbook to tell me and your fellow teachers your students' reactions to COUNTING ON GRACE and whether you've been able to use it in connection with your social studies curriculum. Here I am at the mill site with a class of Sixth Graders from the Long Trail School who travelled down from Dorset, Vermont to see the setting that inspired COUNTING ON GRACE. Buy the Book Teachers Guide News and Events The Search for Addie Q and A

Come to the Bennington Museum May 19, 2007 for VERMONT READS COUNTING ON GRACE DAY!

Come to the Bennington Museum May 19, 2007 for
VERMONT READS COUNTING ON GRACE DAY!