A Year of Reading

The Last Council (Amulet, Book 4) by Kazu Kibuishi Scholastic, 2011 review copy purchased for my classroom library I'm just about r...

Big City Otto by Bill Slavin Kids Can Press, 2011 review copy provided by the publisher Otto, the elephant, can't forget his childh...

Tower of Treasure by Scott Chandler Kids Can Press, 2010 review copy provided by the publisher Three circus characters -- an orphan gi...

The hottest books in my classroom in the first six days of 4th grade? Graphic novels. Maybe it's because my students have never had ...

So, I have participated in Graphic Novel week because I think that these books are huge and important right now. I find them fascinating an...

Magic Pickle: The Original Graphic Novel! by Scott Morse Graphix, May 2008 already out in this series: Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Gr...

Hikaru No Go, Volumes 1-11 by Yumi Hotta published by Viz Media Three boys in my classroom are completely absorbed by this series. All thre...

Yesterday, we reviewed Terry Thompson's new professional book for teachers, ADVENTURES IN GRAPHICA: USING COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS TO T...

I just received my copy of ADVENTURES IN GRAPHICA: USING COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS TO TEACH COMPREHENSION, 2-6 by Terry Thompson. I mentio...

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in May, Mershon Auditorium was predictably only about 2/3 full. The mix in the audience was a little heav...

Elsewhere in the Kidlitosphere it's all about Vampires this month, in honor of FirstSecond's Vampire Month .   Here at A Year of Rea...