A Year of Reading

  Birds: Explore their Extraordinary World by Miranda Krestovnikoff  illustrated by Angela Harding Bloomsbury, 2020 review copy provided by ...

Texts for this Text Set have been posted daily on Instagram.  Follow @TextSets there to get daily updates!      This week, I'll be shari...

  Texts for this Text Set have been posted daily on Instagram. Follow @TextSets there to get daily updates! If we want our students to under...

  Texts for this Text Set have been posted daily on Instagram. Follow @TextSets there to get daily updates! Studying one idea across multipl...

The 50th anniversary of the first moon landing has come and gone, but these books need a belated spotlight. Moonshot: The Flight of Ap...

The book So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo was recommended to me by a few friends early last spring. I bought it, put it o...

I love discovering great new nonfiction books, especially when a great new book leads me to an author who is new-to-me. Last week I pi...

Now, consider what kinds of beliefs can take root if we don't provide opportunities for kids to become better informed, if we le...

One of my goals this year is to make sure that nonfiction is more valued in the classroom. I want students to find nonfiction they enjoy...

This year, I am committed to reading and thinking more about nonfiction in the classroom. That means I will make more time to read more...

This year, I am committed to reading and thinking more about nonfiction in the classroom. That means I will make more time to read mor...

Horses (Updated Edition) by Seymour Simon HarperCollins, 2017 Water by Seymour Simon HarperCollins, 2017 "Simon may h...

Dream Big Dreams: Photographs from Barack Obama's Inspiring and Historic Presidency by Pete Souza Little, Brown Books for Young Rea...

I (Don't) Like Snakes by Nicola Davies Illustrated by Luciano Lozano Candlewick Press, 2015 The little girl doesn't like sna...

Of course Beth from Selections Books had SOOOO many books that were new-to-me. I try to keep up with new books and I count on Beth to share...

I love the Educator Collaborative and look forward to their Fall Gathering each year. This year I was thrilled to see that Debbie Reese w...

  What? Doesn't everyone have a rhino in their living room? You mean there are people out there who don't have a rhino w...