On Monday, February 2, the ALA Youth Media Awards will be announced. I’ll be watching the live webcast and chatting with my nerdy friends on Twitter as the announcements are made. I’m interested in all of the awards, for different reasons. The Printz is important to my work in Adolescent Literature. When I look…
Visit Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to participate in the kidlit version of this weekly meme. On my blog this week: A round-up of some of the best teaching posts I read this week A celebration of The Brown Bookshelf An ambitious new reading plan for Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesdays The Top Ten Books That Make Me…
This photo is from last year, but I loved that it shows #alamya, The One and Only Ivan, AND the Newbery Medal all trending at the same time! It’s hard to settle down after the excitement of this morning’s ALA Media Awards announcements! I woke up just in time to see the Printz announcement. That’s…
Visit Teach Mentor Texts to participate in the weekly kidlit version of “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” I had intended to read one professional development book each week over the summer and brought home a truly dizzying pile from my office and the college library, and while I have dipped in here and there…
Visit Teach Mentor Texts to participate in the kidlit version of It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? I had a good reading week and feel like I got back on track after a brief reading slump. I read a lot of picture books out loud to my kids. My two favorites were: Marie-Louise Gay is…
My favorite quote about this book, from Presenting Lenore: ‘It’s the kind of book that induces ugly sobbing in the fetal position, even in a “never crier” like me.’ I just finished Code Name Verity, and I am metaphorically peeling myself off the floor. This book is devastating. But ohsogood. It’s been sitting in my…
