Jen DeFilippi

teacher, student, triplet mom, former tv writer/producer and book editor, committed to a better world through education and conversation

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @DonnaLGoodwin @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 Yes! I loved reading about the history of the Louvre, too. It's fascinating how Day frames the robbery by detailing life in a new, innovative century. Literacy. Automation. Mass communication. We wouldn't know Mona Lisa today had she been stolen 20 years earlier. #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 I love the narrator's tone in this book! Day somehow highlights both the matter-of-fact and also the incredulous nature of the story. Captivating! #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 Also: I would absolutely watch a BBC drama series starring Louis Lépine. The inspiration for Hercule Poirot maybe? "Could LL find an old plank of wood? He could." (p. 31). Can't wait to find out! #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@Vikes_Dawgs @suehellerjp @DonnaLGoodwin @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 They were supposed to be the most qualified, but really just wanted to avoid drama and retire with a military pension! Great detail. #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@DonnaLGoodwin @Vikes_Dawgs @suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 Donna: Do you paint? I'd like to be a literary copyist: Sit in a library all day using mentor texts to inspire. What's the going rate, do you think? Who's with me? #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@SteveSheinkin @kennethoppel 20 odd years ago I edited a terrific book by Sara Bader called _Strange Red Cow: Curious Classified Ads from the Past_ that told exactly these stories. No idea if it’s still in print, but fascinating indeed!

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@Vikes_Dawgs @suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi It’s hard to move on from the people and places we cherish, right? Sometimes we let go and sometimes it’s the other way. Never easy. So well done in the book! #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi I loved how Evan ran part of the way to school in order to buy time to write in his notebook. Clever. #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi I really hope his parents honor the middle school expiration date. It’s hard to let them go, but so important! Letting go and moving on sure feels like a big theme here. I wonder how our younger readers would interpret… #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@jp_library @suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi That scene reminded me of the Power of Our Names video/exercise you taught me all those years ago that I *still*share with students on Day 1 #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@jp_library @suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi Stead and Mass heart-achingly capture grief and the bittersweet letting go of a loved one. The scene with the mantle was perfection. Curious to know how many revisions it went through…#ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Vikes_Dawgs @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi Read this one cover to cover with my coffee this morning. So many mirrors for me❤️ Going back now to finally read your #ppspdspot comments…

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @vunkjp @LitDanaK @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads @TeachWriteEDU @princetonK12 @PrincetonPLkids @kwhitmore5 @anicarissi It’s on my stack to read over break! Stead’s _When You Reach Me_ is a favorite. #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

Hey #ppspdspot have we ever had a nonfiction selection for our book chat? Can’t recall. So many great choices here!

[Victoria J Coe @victoriajcoe]

Love non-fiction kidlit? Don’t miss @ImaginationSoup’s roundup of 35 “best books” of 2023: https://t.co/u9JfzzWcyx

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

#ppspdspot❤️

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @suehellerjp @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads Spoiler alert………………… Me: What did you think? S: I can’t believe she was lying! Me: It really was the end of the world for her. S: Oh yeah, I get the whole metaphor thing.😆🥰#ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@Vikes_Dawgs @jp_library @suehellerjp @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads One of my fifth graders just finished the book on Friday. …🧵#ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @jp_library @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads It’s just incredible how resilient the human mind is. We don’t know what we can truly survive until we must. This book will stay with me, for sure. #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @jp_library @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads Now I just went back and re-read the first chapter. From a narrative writing/editing POV, I wonder if the first chapter was written first or last. So well done! Reminds me of another book…which I’ll mention in person so not to spoil anything online #ppspdspot

[Jen DeFilippi @jendef3]

@suehellerjp @jp_library @Vikes_Dawgs @vunkjp @Erufus2 @cp_library @Cillabrarian @DrG_JP @lrupps @DonnaLGoodwin @sarahnjmoore @TeachersWrite @jvincentwrites @rcsdhbm50reads Ok I finished and WOWOWOW we’re going to need to discuss in person. I’m feeling all the feels about this book, including the author’s note ❤️💔 #ppspdspot