Reviews

"What I enjoy most about One-Hour Mysteries is that it introduces students to situations that seem completely relevant to their lives, while setting up intriguing and thought-provoking activities. I am constantly reminded of teachers' need for challenging, good quality material like your books at the conferences we attend; there, teachers often tell us how much they and their students love your books and how they've encouraged their teaching peers to buy them, as well."

-- Lacy Elwood, Editor, Prufrock Press

Two Reviews fron Amazon.com

From a Teacher:
I use [The Great Chocolate Caper] with seventh graders each year. It is a terrific break from traditional reading assignments. Giving them some practice at making inferences and an intro to logic. We work through some of it as a group. Then assign a portion of the work. It is about 4 class periods, not using all of the additional puzzles in the back.

From a former Student:
I participated in the Great Chocolate Caper as [a unit in the gifted program]. I am now a junior in college and I still remember this curriculum vividly. As an education major, I now understand how insightful this was, and I recommend it to anyone, grades 4-8. Buy this book, use it with your students, and enjoy it! It is time tested and I am glad she has published it.

NOTE: In December 2010, Prufrock Press will release a revised edition of The Great Chocolate Caper. Look for it in on-line bookstores. Her other titles are now available from Prufrock as E-Books.

Differentiation Made Simple: Pre-Publication Reviews

"Mary Ann Carr gets it! When you raise the floor, you need to raise the ceiling! This book is chalk full of teacher-friendly, ready-to-use materials that help meet the needs of all learners in the classroom environment. From creating tiered lessons to elevating the level of questioning, these methods provide the framework to adapt around lessons across the curriculum. She offers guidance for the novice classroom teacher and extended lessons and activities for teachers more experienced in differentiation, providing motivational, hands-on ideas that can be plugged in with a minimum of time and effort, yet produce dynamic and successful results for all students."

-- Susan Criswell Albaugh, Gifted Resource Teacher, Laurel Meadow Elementary School, Hanover County Public Schools, Virginia. 2008 Hanover County Teacher of the Year

"This is a wonderful book - a gift to teachers, teacher educators, and school leaders. We know more than ever before in history about how children learn. That knowledge is essential if we are going to effectively educate all of our children in today's standards-based school systems. Mary Ann Carr's book on differentiation provides a badly needed and unmatched toolkit for accomplishing this." 

-- Arthur E. Levine, President Emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia University, President, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation