Dorothy's List Podcast
1) Dorothy's List: Alan Gratz Wins Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award For Second Straight Year
Each spring, upper elementary students schools in the Mt. Abraham Unified School District travel to the middle and high school library for a Jeopardy! -style trivia competition about the books nominat...Show More
2) State Librarian Promises 'Thoughtful' Process To Rename Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
For more than half a century, Vermont’s middle-grade students have been reading books on Dorothy’s List, a reading program and book award named for Arlington author Dorothy Canfield Fisher. But the au...Show More
3) Dorothy's List: 'The First Rule Of Punk' Celebrates Being Yourself (And Rocking Out)
A group of fifth- and sixth-graders are in the library of Orleans Elementary School working on making “'zines.” 'Zines are like personal mini magazines, and they're a favorite hobby of Malú, the main ...Show More
Dorothy's List: 'The First Rule Of Punk' Celebrates Being Yourself (And Rocking Out)
09:46 | Apr 29th, 2019
4) Dorothy's List: Girl Searches For Answers About Her Mysterious Past 'Beyond The Bright Sea'
Beyond the Bright Sea takes place in 1925 on a string of small islands called the Elizabeths, off the coast of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The novel is a work of historical fiction, but it was mystery ...Show More
5) Dorothy's List: Sci-Fi Novel 'Last Day On Mars' Tackles Moving — To A New Planet
Mars is a very different place from Earth. But for Liam and his friend Phoebe, the main characters in the science fiction novel Last Day on Mars, the Earth colony on Mars is the only home they have ev...Show More
6) Dorothy's List: A Secret Locker Library Contains Challenged Titles In 'Ban This Book'
In Ban This Book some of 9-year-old Amy Anne Ollinger’s favorite books have started to disappear off her school library's shelves, and she discovers that adults are challenging the books and the schoo...Show More
7) Dorothy's List: 3 Kids From Different Eras Flee From Their Home Countries In 'Refugee'
The historical novel Refugee weaves the stories of three refugee families fleeing their homes in different parts of the world and during different time periods: Germany in the 1930s, Cuba in the 1990s...Show More
8) Dorothy's List: Teen Navigates Life Without Arms In 'Insignificant Events In The Life Of A Cactus'
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you had no arms? How would you eat? Or write? Or turn the pages of a book? Those are some of the everyday challenges facing 13-year-old Aven Green, th...Show More
9) Dorothy's List: 'The Whydah' Tells True Tale Of A Pirate Ship That Sunk Off Cape Cod
The real lives of pirates are documented in Martin W. Sandler’s The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked and Found. And after reading the book — nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award —...Show More
Dorothy's List: 'The Whydah' Tells True Tale Of A Pirate Ship That Sunk Off Cape Cod
10:38 | Nov 26th, 2018
10) Dorothy's List: A Secret At Home Tests Relationships In 'Family Game Night'
Author Mary E. Lambert was a master’s degree student in a Vermont College of Fine Arts low-residency program while she was writing Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes — now the novel is nominated...Show More
Dorothy's List: A Secret At Home Tests Relationships In 'Family Game Night'
10:49 | Oct 29th, 2018