Politics in Practice
Erika Thulin Dawes, October 19, 2020 | Announcements, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books
When you see a frog, do you think ‘brilliant beautiful being’? If you don’t already, you will after reading Being Frog by acclaimed picturebook author and photographer April Pulley Sayre. Sayre’s stunning photographs depict the frogs she and her husband observe weekly in a local pond. Backyard scientists of all ages will find Being Frog a call to action - a call to watch, wonder, imagine and inquire.
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.
Denise Davila, September 28, 2020 | Book Lists, Classroom & Curricular Ideas, Picture Books
Overview It’s Banned Books Week 2020! As described on the official Banned Books Week (BBW) website, this week “brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.” […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, September 8, 2020 | Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction
“School is not the only place to find a teacher.” This first line of Sy Montgomery and Rebecca Green’s picturebook adaptation of their 2018 adult book How to Be a Good Creature may ring true for many students and their families right now.
Grace Enriquez, September 3, 2020 | Announcements, Classroom & Curricular Ideas
In this post, we share the questions we are grappling with and how we are beginning to come to some answers. We also invite you to share your questions or answers with us in the comments section so that we can tailor our posts this year to sharing books, resources, and teaching ideas that support what you and your students need.
Erika Thulin Dawes, June 16, 2020 | Announcements, Classroom & Curricular Ideas, Picture Books
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has produced a remarkable virtual exhibit that affords viewers an intimate view of the studios and creative processes of 21 picture book artists. This blog entry provides teaching ideas to take the exhibit experience a step further, using the paintings, prints, and drawings, as a launch points for art making experiences.
Katie Cunningham, June 8, 2020 | Announcements
A Collaborative Blog Post from Katie Cunningham and Kavita Tanna During this global pandemic, a microscope has been held up to the social inequities our society has perpetuated and often ignored including unequal schooling, structural inequalities, racism, mental health, and the impact of climate change. In this post, we draw from the metaphor that while […]
Katie Cunningham, June 3, 2020 | Classroom & Curricular Ideas
We commit to doing more to bring the realities of the present day into our text selections, to center books that directly address systemic inequities, and to identify books that encourage student action and activism. We can do more in our work to become anti-racist educators and we invite you to join us.
Mary Ann Cappiello, May 19, 2020 | Nonfiction, Nonfiction Chapter Books
When headlines scream out our political dysfunction, and a global pandemic keeps us uncertain at home, we can all feel powerless. But with a book like this, that offers both information and action, young people, their teachers, and their families can feel empowered.
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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