Five Books Named to the California Collection

2:21 PM PST, November 5, 2007

I am thrilled and honored to report that five of my books have been selected by California Readers to be part of the 2008 California Collection. My two new books—Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist and J.K. Rowling—have been named to the collection for the first time. Three books I coauthored—Cyclops (with Don Nardo), Cartoonists (with Robyn M. Weaver), and The Trial of Charles Manson (with Craig Staples)—have been chosen for the second time.

California Readers, a nonprofit organization that works with the Los Angeles Unified School District to promote literacy, chooses books by California authors to be donated to elementary school, middle school, and high school libraries. According to the organization’s published criteria, the books: 

·  Must be written by a California author or illustrated by a California artist.
·  Meet the criteria of excellent literature.
·  Provide a balanced collection from picture books to history.
·  Reflect the entire spectrum of curriculum areas in a balanced collection.
·  Focus on the diversity of California population.
·  Illuminate the various California geographical areas.
·  Raise awareness about issues important to California.

There are three California Collections, one for elementary schools, one for middle schools, and one for high schools. J.K. Rowling, Cyclops, and Cartoonists were selected for the 2008 middle school collection. Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist, the first full biography of the eleventh-century Muslim scholar known in the West as Alhazen, and The Trial of Charles Manson were chosen for the 2008 high school collection.

On behalf of my coauthors and myself, I want to thank California Readers for recognizing these books. I also want to commend the organization for the fine job it does promoting literacy in the nation’s second-largest school district.



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