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Grace Enriquez, March 15, 2021 | Picture Books
As the world waits with anticipation about returning to the routines of pre-COVID days, Most Days is a gentle reminder across content areas that the “here and now” still carries tremendous value and fascination.
Katie Cunningham, March 8, 2021 | Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
In Bear Island, Caldecott-winning author and illustrator Matthew Cordell affirms for children that they can find resilience and hope in the midst of grief.
Erika Thulin Dawes, March 1, 2021 | Fiction, Fiction Chapter Books, Poetry, Verse Novels
As his mother and father visit doctor after doctor and try meds after meds, ZJ aches for the time ‘before’ his father’s illness, a time filled with picnics, pick up games, and spontaneous dance parties in the living room. ZJ’s father is a pro football player who is experiencing headaches, mood swings and memory loss. Jacqueline Woodson’s latest novel in verse explores the impact of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) on tight end Zachariah ‘44’ Johnson, through the eyes of his twelve year old son, his namesake.
Grace Enriquez, February 9, 2021 | Fantasy, Fiction, Novels, Traditional Literature
Part magical realism, part folktale, part contemporary realistic fiction, Tae Keller’s Newbery and APALA Award winning novel weaves a coming-of-age tale that is heartrending, haunting, and hopeful.
Katie Cunningham, February 1, 2021 | Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
In Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, a young Chinese American girl speaks to readers through lyrical language that celebrates the beauty of her eyes and the eyes of her beloved Mama, grandmother Amah, and little sister, Mei-Mei.
Katie Cunningham, October 26, 2020 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
From the author-illustrator team that brought you the Caldecott Honor- and Newbery Honor-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, comes another poignant picturebook that celebrates Black joy and Black excellence.
Grace Enriquez, October 5, 2020 | Fiction, Fiction Picture Books
A beautiful commentary on what “home” is, Phoebe Wahl's The Blue House offers much for your students to discuss and discover.
Erika Thulin Dawes, September 14, 2020 | Announcements, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
“I’m not coming back ever again.” A young girl stomps out her anger and frustration as she walks with Momma at the end of the first day of school. The source of her distress? No one could pronounce her name. “Not even the teacher?” queries Momma? As they pass by a street musician, Momma offers some advice: “Tell her your name is a song.”
Erika Thulin Dawes, September 1, 2020 | Announcements
We’re so pleased to announce that The Classroom Bookshelf has a new co-author, Dr. Denise Davila. In this post, she introduces herself.
Grace Enriquez, May 14, 2020 | Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books
Written with a gentle, conversational, but nonetheless straightforward approach, this book engages young readers in a dialogue about the pandemic that has interrupted life as many of them know it.
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Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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