A Year of Reading

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Even though 2020 has not been a great year, it has been a good year for middle grade books.  I am always on the lookout for books that would...

Such an important book. So thankful that Kimberly Brubaker Bradley made this accessible for younger readers. Della and Suki are characters t...

The Stone Girl's Story by Sarah Beth Durst Clarion Books, 2018 Mayka's father was a stone mason. He brought her to life by ...

I have heard so much about the new book, Amina's Voice by Hena Khan . I read it this week and am so glad I did. This book is getting...

Did you ever feel like the Universe was speaking directly to you via your seemingly random book choices? Here's a run of recent middle ...

Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King Arthur A. Levine Books, January 2017 review copy from the public library Obe Devlin is watc...

The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff Philomel, May 16, 2017 review ARC received at ALA When I reviewed this book on GoodReads, I ga...

This is one of a series of blog posts that continue the conversation around Still Learning to Read--teaching reading to students in gr...

There are some great new series books out in late 2016 or early 2017.  These are a few I recently discovered! The Bad Guys by Aaron Bla...

Did you ever love a book so much that you deliberately slowed down your reading for the last third so you wouldn't have to come to t...

I always thought I was doing an adequate job building a diverse classroom library. Then A Fine Dessert and A Birthday Cake for George Wa...

I believe in the power of series books. I believe in the power of graphic novels. Here are three next-in-the-series graphic nov...

Now that students are bringing back all the books they've had checked out the past few months, I am faced with the reality that my book...

I have several 3rd graders who are hooked on fairy tale novels. I think most of them were hooked with the Whatever After series early in t...