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Thirteen Middle-Grade Titles to Booktalk

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…

May 23, 2014 in adolescent literature, children's literature.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/13/14

Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to see the books other readers of kidlit are reading this week. On my blog, I shared lots of education links in my Sunday Salon post. This week’s Celebration focused on dogs in pink sweaters, cat photos, time away from work, time at work, and slow-cooker pumpkin oatmeal.…

January 13, 2014 in reading, reading challenge.
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