Childen's literature author, Mr. Norton Juster will be visiting all seventh grade students on Monday, June 8, 2009.  This presentation is part of the 11th Annual MVMMS PTO Author-in-Residence Program (formerly "Writer's Week).  Mr. Norton Juster has written the following books:  

• The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) (ISBN 0-394-81500-9)
• The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1963) (ISBN 1-58717-066-3)
• Alberic the Wise and Other Stories (1965) (ISBN 0-88708-243-2)
• Stark Naked: A Paranomastic Odyssey (1969) — illustrated by Arnold Roth
• So Sweet to Labor: Rural Women in America 1865-1895 (editor) (1979) (ISBN 0-670-65483-3) — non-fiction
• Otter Nonsense (1982) (ISBN 0-399-20932-8) — illustrated by Eric Carle
• As: A Surfeit of Similes (1989) (ISBN 0-688-08139-8)
• A Woman's Place: Yesterday's Women in Rural America (1996) (ISBN 1-55591-250-8) — non-fiction
• The Hello, Goodbye Window (2005) (ISBN 0-7868-0914-0) — illustrated by Chris Raschka

Parents are welcome to attend.  A special thank you to the Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School PTO for this collaborative effort.  For more information, contact Ms Shute, Team 7A English teacher, jshute@melrose.mec.edu; Mrs. Haney, Team 7B English teacher, shaney@melrose.mec.edu; and/or Ms. Leisk, Team 7C English teacher, jleisk@melrose.mec.edu.

     Posted by Principal Brow - 04/30/09