b"Book ReportExplore Matters Magazine'sstory topics with these reads2020 Guide to the Night Sky by Storm Dunlop The ideal resource for novices and experi-enced amateurs in the US and Canada, up-dated to include even more new and practical information covering events to occur in North America's night sky throughout 2020. Officer Lewin spoke to Logans class about how to stay safe and what to do in an emergency. L to R: Takia Logan, paraprofessional Christina Benevento, MaplewoodNolos IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities by Police Department Officer Byron Lewin and paraprofessional Omatayo Mebude, Jr.Lawrence M. Siegel, 8th Edition (2020)call. I want to try to figure out howalso in Logans class, agreed. She saidThis book teaches you to: identify a learning dis-to learn animation and how to drawLogan is no joke when it comes toability; understand your child's rights to education; figures because Ive always loved filmdoinghomework.Brownsaidthatuntangle eligibility rules and evaluations; prepare and animation. when classes went virtual during theand make your best case to school administrators; Jackson-Muhammad says that Lo- lockdown in March, she got the op- develop IEP goals and advocate for their adop-gans class taught him a lot and thatportunitytowitnessLoganworkingtion, and explore and choose the best programs the excursions were amazing: My fa- directly with the class. and services.vorite trip was Home Depot, and theWhenmysonoranotherone burger place. My favorite was also thewould misbehave, she lets them coolBreath Like Water by Anna Jarzablibrary and that we got a chance to dodown and then she gets back to work, a lot of things. Brown says. She expects the work toWhen swimming is everything, whats left when Hismother,LeahJackson,saidget done. your life doesnt go according to plan? Racing ac-shewasimpressedwithLoganfromJackson-Muhammadagrees.Ition and tender romance shine in this Young Adult the start, when Logan started talkingthink shes pretty and I think shes kindnovel of hard love and harder competition.about her son as a human being, notandIthinkshessmartandIthink just as a student.shes kind of sassy on the side, he says.Its amazing to see how she inter- Logan, who has two children andSomebody's Gotta Do It: Why Cursing at the acts with these students, Jackson says.haslivedinMaplewoodforsevenNews Won't Save the Nation, but Your Name She talks to them as who they are,years, is originally from Philadelphia.on a Local Ballot Can by Adrienne Martininot coddling them, and she challeng- She started working as a special educa- A humorous (and instructive) memoir about a woman es them. She makes them rise to thetion teacher at the elementary schoolwho runs for a small-town elected office and then occasion. Its almost like she is doinglevelbeforemovingthroughmiddlerealizes the critical importance of the job.therapy and education and teaching allschool and eventually to the popula-at the same time. tion at CHS. PansyDublin,aparaprofessionalAnd why does she call them ex-who works alongside Logan, said she hasceptional learners? We changed theZin! Zin! Zin! : a Violin by Lloyd Moss;a special connection with her students.name,shereplies,becauseevenifillustrated by Marjorie PricemanWhen they see her, they light up, shethereisanexceptionthatpresentsaGeared toward young elementary-age readers, says, describing how the children count- challengeforthem,theyhaveabso- this well-loved Caldecott Honor book is both the ed down the days until Logan returnedlutely changed the dynamic of what itperfect introduction to musical instruments and from a recent maternity leave.means to be exceptional.a counting book that redefines the genre.Dublin said that Logan also has aMalia Rulon Herman is an education sense of humor. For example, if a stu- writer and mother of a child with special dentforgottheirhomework,Loganneeds. She is also on the board of the Spe-might chide them, asking if the dogcialEducationParentAdvisoryCom-ateit.Nextthingyouknow,theymittee (SEPAC), which advocates for the51 Baker Street | Maplewood, NJ 07040 bring it in, she says.needs and rights of exceptional learners973-762-1622 | maplewoodlibrary.orgClaudetteBrown,whosesonwaslike those in Takia Logans class.book report /19"