[CALIBK12] No more copies of The Night of the Burning.

Wed Apr 1 14:28:59 PDT 2009

From: Linda P Wulf [mailto:lpwulf at ix.netcom.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:37 PM
To: Pilling, George
Subject: Re: please will you post this?

Dear George,

I've had requests for 500 copies so far and that is as many copies as I
had!   Would you please post the following:

I regret to say that there are no more copies of "The Night of the
Burning."
Thank you for the enthusiastic response - 500 copies requested.
Linda Press Wulf

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: Pilling, George <mailto:GPilling at visalia.k12.ca.us>  
	To: Linda P Wulf <mailto:lpwulf at ix.netcom.com>  
	Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:11 AM
	Subject: RE: please will you post this?

	I posted it for you just now.

	George Pilling
	District Library Media Supervisor
	Visalia Unified School District
	Visalia Learning Center
	630 S. Atwood St.
	Visalia  CA  93277

	(559) 730-7349
	FAX (559) 730-7693
	gpilling at visalia.k12.ca.us
	http://visalia.k12.ca.us/library

________________________________

	From: Linda P Wulf [mailto:lpwulf at ix.netcom.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:20 PM
	To: Pilling, George
	Subject: Re: please will you post this?

	Thanks, George.  All the info you ask for is in the body of the
email, below the offer.
	Linda

		----- Original Message ----- 
		From: Pilling, George
<mailto:GPilling at visalia.k12.ca.us>  
		To: Linda P Wulf <mailto:lpwulf at ix.netcom.com>  
		Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:33 PM
		Subject: RE: please will you post this?

		I can post for you, but I need to know more about the
book - is there a web site that describes it? Who is the publisher?

		George Pilling
		District Library Media Supervisor
		Visalia Unified School District
		Visalia Learning Center
		630 S. Atwood St.
		Visalia  CA  93277

		(559) 730-7349
		FAX (559) 730-7693
		gpilling at visalia.k12.ca.us
		http://visalia.k12.ca.us/library

________________________________

		From: mailman-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:mailman-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Linda P Wulf
		Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:13 PM
		To: calibk12-owner at lists.sjsu.edu
		Subject: please will you post this?

		Hi,

		It was recommended to me by one of your members that I
place an announcement on your list offering free classroom sets of my
book (including postage).  
		When I tried the address she gave me, my posting was
rejected, so I am writing to ask if you can post this for me.

		Thanks v.  much,
		Linda Press Wulf

		Available FREE SETS of Sidney Taylor Award-Winning Book!
		FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

		Dear Librarians and Educators,

		I am the author of  THE NIGHT OF THE BURNING: DEVORAH'S
STORY 
		(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006, Bloomsbury, UK, 2007
and 2008)

		A benefactor has generously offered to purchase sets of
books for 
		classes (best for 5th-7th grade) or bookclub
participants (story has 
		been well received at adult bookgroups).
		Please note that they cannot be re-sold.

		Email me at lpwulf at ix.netcom.com with your street
address (no P.O. 
		Boxes), the number of books you would like, and what you
will be 
		using them for.

		I am sometimes available to read and talk to groups.  I
do not charge 
		an honorarium.  Cost include airfare from Oakland,
California, hotel, 
		meals only.  References available upon request.

		More information about the book is below.

		Best wishes,
		Linda Press Wulf
		lpwulf at ix.netcom.com

		THE NIGHT OF THE BURNING: DEVORAH'S STORY   by Linda
Press Wulf
		(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006; Bloomsbury, London,
2007 and 2008).

		A Polish girl and her little sister endure the ravages
of the First 
		World War, a pogrom in her Jewish village, and the loss
of her 
		parents.  Then a kindly philanthropist called Isaac
Ochberg 
		transports them, in a group of 200 orphans, to safety in
South 
		Africa  -- and separation.  This novel was inspired by
the childhood 
		of the author's mother-in-law.

		Awards

		Sidney Taylor Honor Award
		A Booksense.com Winter Children's Pick
		Selected for lists of the best children's books of 2006
by
		* the New York Public Library ("100 Titles for Reading
and Sharing")
		* the Cooperative Children's Book Center ("CCBC Choices
2007")
		* the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College
of Education
		* the "Forward"
		A California Writers Club First Prize for children's
fiction manuscript
		Sidney Taylor Manuscript Award

		Reviews

		"An insightful exploration of the effects of traumatic
experiences, 
		and an ultimately hopeful portrait of a young girl. ...
[A] masterful 
		job of showing the complexity of relationships among
religious and 
		ethnic groups in [South Africa and Poland]. ... The
relationships 
		between the protagonist, her adoptive parents, and their
domestic 
		worker are particularly well realized.  However, the
light that 
		shines through this book is the carefully imagined and
described 
		process of painful but ultimatley positive personal
growth that 
		Devorah experiences."  --School Library Journal

		[T]he story is gripping . . .."  -Hazel Rochman,
Booklist

		"Heartbreaking & poignant with a positive conclusion . .
. A haunting 
		work of historical fiction"  -Kirkus Reviews

		"Devorah's narration alternates between flashbacks to
life in the 
		sisters' Polish village of Domachevo and their later
experiences as 
		orphans, and both tales are equally touching and
engrossing; her 
		observations of the way black South Africans are
accorded underclass 
		status within their own country leads to provocative
comparisons with 
		her own sudden class reversal as a member of a
relatively privileged 
		white community."   -Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books

		"With bittersweet overtones, it reminds the reader of
human savagery 
		yet also shows the caring strength of one man and the
power of 
		sisterly ties."   -selected and reviewed by Lesley
Agnew, leading 
		independent bookseller, for  "Teenage Previews for
March-June," The 
		Bookseller, U.K.

		"A simply written, but extremely powerful, novel . . .
Wulf displays 
		great skill in her poignant handling of one of the
darkest periods of 
		20th century history.   [The sisters] are drawn with
remarkable 
		sympathy and understanding . . . [A] very impressive
achievement . . 
		. conveying to young readers some notion of the depths
of evil to 
		which humanity can sink, but at the same time
demonstrating to them 
		the strengths of resilience, tolerance & love."-Robert
Dunbar, The Irish Times

		Find more information about the story at
www.LindaPressWulf.com.

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