{"id":3680,"date":"2014-09-06T06:34:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T10:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2015-01-03T06:36:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T11:36:14","slug":"dear-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3680","title":{"rendered":"Dear Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Converted_file_540a0111.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Converted_file_540a0111-236x300.jpg?resize=236%2C300\" alt=\"Dear Class\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Converted_file_540a0111.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Converted_file_540a0111.jpg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a>Delighted to announce my friend Jane Stein\u2019s children\u2019s book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dear-Class-Traveling-Around-World\/dp\/0996100504\">Dear Class: Traveling Around the World with Mrs. J.,<\/a><\/em> with charming illustrations by Pamela Duckworth, has been published and is available for ordering online.<\/p>\n<p>The book is about a teacher\u00a0who visits more than a dozen countries in an amazing six-month trip. It\u2019s based on the travel log of the real Mrs. J, who took this trip in 1963. Readers learn about her adventures through the letters she writes her students, reproduced in the book.<\/p>\n<p>Sidebars\u00a0include historical information, updates, fun facts, websites, and activities. Written for children ages 8 to 12, Jane says, the book is the story of living out a\u00a0dream\u2014in this case, to travel around the world&#8211;and having the adventurous\u00a0spirit to do it alone.<\/p>\n<p>During the course of her adventures,\u00a0Mrs. J studies at the Sorbonne, visits a\u00a0school in Istanbul, lives on a houseboat in India, and more. She sets out to\u00a0learn about people, places, food, art, and the culture in countries around\u00a0the world. While she does that, she also learns a lot about herself.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an excerpt from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dearclassbook.com\/\">first chapter<\/a>. Order for your kids, grandkids, kids of friends, and reward this imaginative, fun project! Good work, Jane!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delighted to announce my friend Jane Stein\u2019s children\u2019s book, Dear Class: Traveling Around the World with Mrs. J., with charming illustrations by Pamela Duckworth, has been published and is available for ordering online. 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