Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year [SIGNED COPY]

Codell, Esme Raji

ISBN 10: 1565122259 / ISBN 13: 9781565122253

Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1999

About this Item

Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 210 p. Audience: General/trade. SIGNED and inscribed 'All best wishes for happy reading to Natalie and Joe. Thank you for all the lovely stories you gave to my mother by sharing your wonderful children, Madam Esme' with a sketch of a shooting star by author on half-title page. 1st edition, 2nd printing. Dust jacket has slight edgewear and soiling. Mild shelfwear to boards and minor bumping to cap and base of spine. A memoir of a teacher's first year in an inner-city school, the basis of a prize-winning NPR feature. By the author of 'Diary of a Fairy Godmother' and 'How to Get Your Child to Love Reading'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0006894

Bibliographic Details

Title: Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First ...

Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

An energetic and enthusiastic first-year teacher in the Chicago public school system reveals her frustrations, achievements, and struggles to maintain her individuality in the face of incompetent administrators, abusive parents, gang members, and weary teachers. Tour.

Review:

Educating Esme is that exceptional education book about an even more exceptional teacher. Kirkus Reviews --Kirkus Reviews