CSMTA's Professional Reading Enrichment Program for 2005 - 2006 is entitled Chocolate Cake and Chicken Soup for the Music Teacher's Soul: Preserving Passion, Creating Balance and Enriching Creativity in Our Busy Lives!

Five books are recommended:
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life by Parker Palmer, Jossey-Bass Publishing, 1998
This book will be reviewed by Carol Condit before October 1, 2005.

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, Anchor Books (Random House)
This book will be reviewd by ________ before December 1, 2005

Take Time for Your Life by Cheryl Richardson, Broadway Books, NY
This book will be reviewed by _______ before February 1, 2006.

Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Vintage Books (Random House)
This book will be reviewed by Sandy Lundberg before March 1, 2006.

I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova, Conari Press
This book will be reviewed by Judy Johnson before May 1, 2006.