Classroom Essential Series

Ever see an advertisement for something and want to cry because you had a similar idea and someone beat you to it? That’s how I felt today when I pulled my copy of the NCTE Council Chronicle out of my post office box this afternoon. There on the back cover is a splashy ad for "The Teacher’s Essential Guide Series." It’s a Scholastic endeavor by Jim Burke. There are books on several topics, including Content Area Writing.

I’m no Jim Burke. Maybe that was the problem. If I were, when I turned in the proposal for a similar series for NCTE about four years ago, perhaps I could have scooped Scholastic. Oh well. Maybe I should just write books, and forget about proposals in the future.