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    Turning Frowns Upside Down at The Smile Shop

    Denise Davila, September 13, 2021 | Announcements, Book Reviews, Classroom & Curricular Ideas, Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    The Smile ShopWritten and Illustrated by Satoshi KitamuraPublished by Peachtree, 2021 ISBN #978-1-6826-3255-0 Grades PreK and up Book Review “I am so excited,” starts the first page of Satoshi Kitamura’s picturebook, The Smile Shop.  Set in a crowded open-air market of an urban center, this narrative follows a young boy, who for the very first […]

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    Teaching About September 11th and its Aftermath: In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers

    Mary Ann Cappiello, September 8, 2021 | Book Reviews, Nonfiction

    In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers offers tweens and teens the opportunity to use our historic grief to see anew - right now, when we need it most - our collective responsibility towards one another.

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    What Do Books Give Us? Thinking about the Purposes of Your Text Selections This Year

    Katie Cunningham, August 30, 2021 | Announcements, Book Reviews

    “Books allow us a bird’s-eye view of our own lives, and especially how our lives relate to those lives around us.” – Christopher Myers, 2013  As we begin another school year with a mix of uncertainty and hope, we find ourselves turning to children’s books as the single greatest source we have to honor the […]

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    2021 Spring Awards & Summer Reading Lists

    Grace Enriquez, June 21, 2021 | Awards, Book Lists, Book Reviews, Summer Reading

    As you and your students celebrate the end of a school year like no other, we share a collection of links designed to keep you and the children and young adults in your life happily reading over the summer vacation. First, though, we begin with links to the books that we blogged about over the last year that have won recent awards and honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature.

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    Learning About and Loving Our Bodies: Laxmi’s Mooch

    Grace Enriquez, June 15, 2021 | Book Reviews, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    Laxmi’s Mooch is simply a delightful book that supports conversations about identity, physical attributes, and self-affirmation for all.

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    Living Questions: Teaching Ideas for Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor

    Mary Ann Cappiello, June 7, 2021 | Biography & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction

    Rich for thinking about the scientific process, the nature of inquiry, the people behind our public policy, and the nature of biographical writing with living subjects, Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor offers teachers, librarians, families, and the children in their care much to explore.

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    Pride Puppy: Out and Proud

    Denise Davila, June 1, 2021 | Announcements, Book Reviews

    Pride PuppyWritten by Robin StevensonIllustrated by Julie McLaughlinPublished in May 2021 by Orca BooksISBN: 978-1459824843 Grades PK – 5 Book ReviewThis ambrosial alphabet book is a festive feast for the eyes – just in time for Pride month, 2021! Pride Puppy is a perfect pairing of prismatic pictures and alliterative prose that tell the story […]

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    Romp and Revel with We All Play / kimêtawânaw

    Erika Thulin Dawes, May 24, 2021 | Announcements, Book Reviews, Nonfiction Picture Books

    “Animals play. And we play too: kimêtawânaw mîna.” This special similarity between humans and the world of animal species is the focus of Cree-Métis author and illustrator Julie Flett’s latest picturebook. Incorporating a patterned text and playful alliteration, Flett introduces the movements of several animal species and then, through illustration, draws parallels to human play.

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    Just in Time for Summer Reading with Maybe, Maybe, Marisol Rainey

    Katie Cunningham, May 17, 2021 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Fiction Chapter Books

    Just in time for summer, Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey is a charming tale of the everyday experiences of a young girl making her way through the world. This is a story primed for early elementary grade readers for summer reading, read-alouds, book club conversations, and to join the series bin of your classroom library.

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    Text Sets in Action: Instructional Models for Text Sets in The Classroom Bookshelf

    Erika Thulin Dawes, May 11, 2021 | Announcements, Classroom & Curricular Ideas

    This week, we’re announcing the publication of Mary Ann and Erika’s book, Text Sets in Action: Pathways Through Content Area Literacy. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that text sets are a primary tool that we recommend in a literature-based curriculum. In this blog entry, we revisit some examples of text sets in action in previous blog entries, showcasing the potential of the instructional models to differentiate and deepen students’ learning and as a vehicle to explore multiple perspectives and develop critical literacies.

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