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June 13, 2016 by Katie Cunningham

We’re Moving to the School Library Journal Blog Network!

June 13, 2016 by Katie Cunningham   3 comments

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We are thrilled to announce that The Classroom Bookshelf is joining the School Library Journal Blog Network. SLJ is the world’s largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens. The SLJ blogs have long been some of our favorite sources of information on children’s and young adult literature, apps, technology, and informational literacy.

Our transition to the SLJ Blog Network is made with the intention of broadening our audience and getting the quality literature we write about into the hands of more students and teachers. The format, tone, and style you are used to when you open a new post from our team will remain the same. You will continue to read our book reviews, teaching invitations, and suggestions for further explorations through print and digital media.

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What drew us to SLJ is the shared belief that all children should have access to compelling literature that inspires learning and thinking. We want all teachers to feel empowered and invigorated to try new things through the teaching invitations we craft. We want teachers, librarians, and families to partner together to bridge home-school literacies and to share their love of books together.  We want reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, composing, and making to be joyful, purposeful, and meaningful for all students.

We will officially launch our first post with the SLJ Blog Network in late August. For now, our original site is being redirected to https://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/. Within the next few weeks, that web address will redirect you to the SLJ Blog Network. All of our previous posts will migrate to the SLJ Blog Network. Moving forward, all new posts will be on the SLJ Blog Network.

You can continue to follow us on Facebook at The Classroom Bookshelf and on Twitter @clssrmbkshlf. As always, please email one or all four of us (see our emails below) to share the ways The Classroom Bookshelf inspired your teaching or post a comment directly to the blog. We love hearing about how you used the teaching ideas from our blog in your classroom. What worked? What didn’t? Most importantly, how did your students respond?

Thank you for being a part of our readership and for spreading the word about this exciting new development for our team. We are filled with joy for the work we are privileged to do and for the possibilities that lay ahead.

In keeping with our annual tradition, we wanted to close this school year with a summer send-off of a collections of links designed to keep you and the children and young adults in your life happily reading over the next several months. We wish you a restful, peaceful, and productive summer filled with opportunities to sit back and read.

Katie, Mary Ann, Erika, and Grace
kegancunningham@gmail.com, genrique@lesley.edu,
ethulind@lesley.edu, mcappiel@lesley.edu

2016 Summer Readings Lists

  • Reading Rockets: Get Ready For Summer!
    http://www.readingrockets.org/article/23428
  • Collaborative Summer Library Program
    http://www.cslpreads.org
  • ALA: Library Summer Reading Programs
    http://www.ala.org/alsc/2016-summer-reading-list
  • ALA: 2016 Notable Children’s Books
    http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb
  • The Horn Book – 2016 Summer Reading Recommendations
    http://www.hbook.com/2016/05/choosing-books/recommended-books/2016-summer-reading-recommendations/
  • Children’s Choices 2016 (International Reading Association)
    https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/reading-lists/childrens-choices/2016_cc_final.pdf?sfvrsn=10
  • Teachers’ Choices 2016 (International Reading Association)
    https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/reading-lists/teachers-choices/2016_tc_final.pdf?sfvrsn=8
  • Lee and Low Books Diverse Summer Reading Book List, K-8
    http://blog.leeandlow.com/2015/06/08/2015-diverse-summer-reading-book-lists-k-8/#more-10911
  • We Need Diverse Books Summer Reading Series
    http://weneeddiversebooks.org/summer-reading-series/
  • Children’s Book Council: Building a Home Library
    http://www.cbcbooks.org/building-a-home-library/?utm_source=Building+a+Home+Library&utm_campaign=Home+Library+Lists&utm_medium=email
  • Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth of 2016
    http://booklistonline.com/Top-10-Biographies-for-Youth/pid=8229110
  • Note Classroom Bookshelf entry for Funny Bones:
    https://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2016/03/2016-sibert-medal-winner-pura-belpre.html
  • Great Kid Books: Berkeley School Libraries K-5 Summer Reading Suggestions Based on Fountas and Pinnell Levels
    http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/p/summer-reading-suggestions.html
  • Enhancing Summer Reading White Paper
    http://summerreading.pla.org/paper/#focus
  • PBS Parents: Fun Summer Science Projects for Kids
    http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/science/tips/summer-science-projects/

Audiobooks for Families

We love audiobooks for long car rides with the family. Many public libraries now have downloadable audiobooks that you can listen to on an MP3 player, iPad, or iPod. Check in with your local public library and share the details with parents and students before the year is over. You might want to search for some of the books included in these lists below.
  • The Audies Awards 2016 (Audio Book Awards)
    http://www.booklistreader.com/2016/02/09/audiobooks/the-years-best-audiobooks-2016-audie-award-finalists/
  • 2016 Notable Children’s Recordings (American Library Association)
    http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr
  • 2016 Notable Young Adult Recordings (American Library Association)
    http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2016-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults

Resources for Teachers/Parents

  • Literacy Tips for Parents (Reading Rockets)
    http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents
  • Summer Reading Loss (Reading Rockets)
    http://www.readingrockets.org/article/15218/#literacy
  • Summer Reading Loss: School Library Journal Interview with Dick Allington
    http://www.slj.com/2013/06/curriculum-connections/summer-reading-and-the-richpoor-achievement-gap-an-educator-responds-to-questions/
  • American Library Association Great Websites for Kids
    http://gws.ala.org
  • The Cooperative Center for Books for Children Bibliographies
    http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/bibBio.asp
  • 50 Bilingual Spanish/English Integrated Books (CCBC)
    http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=102
  • International Children’s Digital Library
    http://en.childrenslibrary.org
  • Free digital PDFs of children’s picture books from around the globe in their original language. There is an iPad app that allows for easy viewing on your iPad.Start With a Book
    http://www.startwithabook.org
  • School Library Journal article on Range, an app that locates free summer meals and libraries as safe havens
    http://www.slj.com/2015/05/technology/applications/indiegogo-campaign-for-an-app-to-help-kids-find-safe-havens-during-summer/

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About Katie Cunningham

Katie is a Professor of Literacy and English Education at Manhattanville College. There she is also the Director of the Advanced Certificate Program in Social and Emotional Learning and Whole Child Education. Her work focuses on children’s literature, joyful literacy methods, and literacy leadership. Katie is the author of Story: Still the Heart of Literacy Learning and co-author of Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools. Her book Start with Joy: Designing Literacy Learning for Student Happiness will be released September 2019. She is passionate about the power of stories to transform lives.

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  1. Maria Gianferrari says

    June 14, 2016 at 12:01 pm

    Congrats!! Your blog is so informative & very comprehensive!!

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    June 14, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    Congratulations! I've enjoyed your posts for years, and I do believe your high quality work deserves and is needed to be read by wider audiences. Best Wishes, Una

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    June 15, 2016 at 12:30 pm

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