Melanie Axel-Lute English Teacher Contra Dance Caller & Former Children's Librarian

Contact information: My e-mail used to be maxellute at yahoo.com, but it got spammed.
If you'd like to send me a message, add another m in front of that address.
For more about me and my work as a dance caller, look here.

Just out! My new book:
One Good Turn Deserves Another: A Menu of Dances
This is a collection of over 40 contra dances and 6 dances in other formations.
The price is $9. Email me with instructions for ordering.


• My first book was Quotation Index to Children's Literature, published in 2001 by Libraries Unlimited
• Take the children's literature quotation quiz
• My second book, Numbers! Colors! Alphabet! A Concept Guide to Children's Picture Books, was published by Linworth
• Children's Literature Links
• Contra Dances by Melanie Axel-Lute Includes some new ones, not in the book!
• Dance Links
• Photos of Buffalo Gap Dance Camp and Melanie's calling schedule
• Miscellany of Fun Stuff & Worthy Causes
• Kean University ENG2403 World Literature webpage

Thought for the week:
Life is too long for uncomfortable shoes.