A Year of Reading

  The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest by Heather Lang illustrated by Jana Christy Boyds Mills & ...

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

  Hair Twins by Raakhee Mirchandani illustrated by Holly Hatam Little, Brown and Company, 2021 review copy provided by the publisher (thanks...

  Texts for this Text Set have been posted daily on Instagram. Follow @TextSets there to get daily updates! When we think about teaching met...

As I work with teachers across grade levels, many are thinking about how to build community and create a space that is safe and inviting for...

  Friday, August 14, 2020 was the 85th anniversary of the Social Security Act, and for this, and more, we have Frances Perkins to thank! Pra...

Spencer's New Pet by Jessie Sima Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, August 27, 2019 review copy compliments of the pub...

Room on our Rock by Kate and Jol Temple illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton Kane Miller Books, 2019 This picture book is a reverso...

Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up by Sally M. Walker illustrated by William Grill Candlewick Press, 2018 In the author's blu...

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...

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...

During the first week of the school year, I read the book Animal Soup asking my kids if they liked words. They seemed confused. "What ...

  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...

Our daily #classroombookaday (Thanks Jillian Heise and Donalyn Miller) is a favorite part of our school day.  We spend the last 5-8 minutes...

This is one of a series of blog posts that continue the conversation around  Still Learning to Read --Teaching Reading to Students i...

Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie illustrated by Yuyi Morales Little, Brown and Company, 2016 review copy from the public library ...

The Journey by Francesca Sanna Flying Eye Books, 2016 review copy from the public library Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family...

Penguin Problems by Jory John, illustrated by Lane Smith There's one in every crowd, isn't there? Look at that cover. Every...

I read This is My Dollhouse by Giselle Potter as one of our #classroombookaday books a week or so ago. It was quite a hit and it is now ...