My favorite reading challenge is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction titles. I don’t have a dedicated classroom, so technically these are books I want to buy for my office library. My lending library, I call it. It’s a small space dominated by four large bookshelves…
The three writing books I return to again and again have become favorites for one reason: they get me writing. The writing books I like best have mystery at their center. You won’t find titles like 21 Steps to Finishing Your Novel in 21 Days or 97 Tried-and-True Techniques for Mastering Writing (titles I just made…
I just read Maggie‘s post about how she will inspire students to read in her classroom. She includes a list of 30 very good books she wants to have on desks when students first walk into the room. Her list got me thinking about the most popular books in my classroom library, the ones I couldn’t…
