Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge is my favorite reading challenge of the year. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover the titles that others are sharing this week. This week, my son and I read two picture book sports biographies. Don Brown’s Bright Path tells the story of how Jim Thorpe discovered his athletic gifts…
My favorite reading challenge this year is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to find out what nonfiction children’s books others are reading this week. I almost didn’t check Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer out from the library. Something about the cover didn’t appeal to me, and…
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. On my blog last week: a short but select curation of what I’ve been reading online in Sunday Salon a celebration of family art night, buttered toast, and more in 5 Things I Loved About Last Week a…
My favorite reading challenge in 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to learn more about the variety and diversity of nonfiction picture books. The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr Seuss is a terrific picture book biography of the beloved children’s book author, written by Kathleen Krull…
Visit Unleashing Readers and Teach Mentor Texts to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. On my blog: A curation of online reading, including dragon-shaped hedges, 50 Cent, and how to draw Even in a difficult week, there was plenty to celebrate My three favorite books on writing A review of Deborah Hopkinson’s…
My favorite reading challenge in 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to learn more about the variety and diversity of nonfiction picture books. This week, I’m featuring Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, written by Deborah Hopkinson and illustrated by James E. Ransome. I had seen…
Today is a Top Ten Tuesday Freebie. I decided to share my Top Ten Childhood Favorites, the Picture Book version. (Because once I started thinking about chapter books and middle grade, my list suddenly exploded to about 30 titles.) If you grew up in the 70s, this post may bring on nostalgia and a desire…
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. On my blog: My garden comes to life in a gardening slice of life Cats lost and found for Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday Want to read more middle grade? I have resources to get you started Most popular middle-grade titles…
I’ve always shared books with the students in my Children’s and Adolescent Literature courses, but this semester, I got serious about booktalking. I’m an ace book matchmaker, but I’ve never been good at booktalking. As my students know, when I really love a book, I have a hard time articulating why. If I love it…
My middle-grade summer reading stack I fell in love with middle grade last year, when I realized that it’s the most consistent category of books I read in terms of providing #booklove: reading middle grade, for me, means reading book after book after book that I love. Are there any duds?? At first, I just thought…
