Volunteering to Help Kids (High Interest Books) [Paperback]

Michael A. Black (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: High Interest Books

This series describes the benefits of volunteering through community service-learning programs. Students will learn how people from all walks of life can lend a helping hand while learning invaluable lessons in citizenship, a variety of academic subjects, and practical skills.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6 Up-Kids begins with a brief history of volunteering; Environment begins by suggesting the many options available to those who are interested in service learning. Much of the information presented is aimed at those who have been volunteers and want to become project coordinators and form a new group. Both books reinforce the idea that volunteering provides skills for life while benefiting the community. Kids leaves adults out of the process until the end, where it is suggests that permission be sought after goals are set and the group is formed; Environment enlists adult help early in the game. Promoting the project is almost identical in both volumes. Fliers, press releases, and public-service announcements are suggested but no exact details, other than a sample press release, are given. Barbara Lewis's The Kid's Guide to Service Projects (Free Spirit, 1995), cited in the bibliographies of each book, contains more important details in a single volume, and, as such, is a wiser purchase.
Elizabeth Maggio, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Children's Press (CT) (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0516235729
• ISBN-13: 978-0516235721
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,710,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael A. Black graduated from Columbia College, Chicago in 2000 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Fiction Writing. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Northern Illinois University. Despite his literary leanings, he has often said that police work has been his life. A former Army Military Policeman, he entered civilian law enforcement after his discharge, and for the past twenty-eight years has been a police officer in the south suburbs of Chicago.

The author of over forty articles on subjects ranging from police work to popular fiction, he has also had over thirty short stories published in various anthologies and magazines, including Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. His first novel, A KILLING FROST, featuring private investigator Ron Shade, was published by Five Star in September 2002 with endorsements from such respected authors as Sara Paretsky and Andrew Vachss. The novel received universally excellent reviews, and was subsequently released in trade paperback.

WINDY CITY KNIGHTS, the second novel in the Ron Shade series, came out in March of 2004. His third novel, THE HEIST, a stand-alone thriller set during the freak Chicago flood of 1992, came out in June, 2005. He has also written two nonfiction books, THE M1A1 ABRAMS (tank), and VOLUNTEERING TO HELP KIDS, which were published by Rosen Press.

He has worked in various capacities in police work including patrol supervisor, tactical squad, investigations, raid team member, and SWAT team leader. He is currently a sergeant on the Matteson, Illinois Police Department. His hobbies include weightlifting, running, and the martial arts. He holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. It is rumored he has five cats.

Mike's newest novel, FREEZE ME, TENDER (think: Frozen Elvis) is available in bookstores and on Amazon.com now.