Fern Schumer Chapman's Blog, page 34
July 23, 2015
June 26, 2015
Goodreads Book Giveaway for LIKE FINDING MY TWIN
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Like Finding My Twin
by Fern Schumer Chapman
Giveaway ends July 26, 2015.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
June 21, 2015
Finding her voice…
After decades of silence about her family history, Edith, at 90, tells her story at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center of coming to America alone as a 12-year-old girl. This year, she decided to become a docent at the Skokie, IL museum.
May 31, 2015
Cover reveal of LIKE FINDING MY TWIN
NEW narrative non-fiction book that combines historical documents, pictures, and storytelling to capture the 1938 shipboard friendship of Gerda and my mother, Edith, as the two unaccompanied minors traveled to America; the students’ research to locate Gerda decades later; and the reunion of the two friends 73 years after they last saw each other. Books will be available in June. Reserve a copy by emailing me at fernschumer@aim.com.
May 6, 2015
April 15, 2015
Scholastic Canada features NIGHT OR DAY in May newsletter
The Arrow Book Club targets 4th-6th graders. Honored to be featured!
April 13, 2015
Great day at Glenside Middle School!
Students created posters based upon each chapter of the book [upper right photo].
April 9, 2015
Another sneak peek at my new book!
Here’s another look at a spread from my NEW narrative non-fiction book for upper elementary and middle school students, “LIKE FINDING MY TWIN: How an Eighth Grade Class Reunited Two Holocaust Refugees.” This is in the beginning section of the book, which focuses on the friendship between Gerda and Edith.
Copies will be available in June. I’ll post more spreads in coming weeks. You can reserve a copy now by emailing me at fernschumer@aim.com.
April 1, 2015
Sneak peek at my new book!
Here’s a glimpse at my NEW narrative non-fiction book for upper elementary and middle school students, “LIKE FINDING MY TWIN: How Two Holocaust Refugees Were Reunited by Mrs. O’Boyle’s 8th Graders.” Copies will be available in June.
I’ll post some of the spreads in the coming weeks. You can reserve a copy now by emailing me at fernschumer@aim.com.
