A School Librarian Sharing Books & #ClassroomBookADay
Two years ago, for the 5 year anniversary of #ClassroomBookADay, the concept evolved a bit to include curated monthly recommendations to provide deeper book knowledge, support of a broader range of book creators, and create a way to have common books for participating educators to discuss. And #cbadSpotlight was born. Each month, September-May, I share four titles that I think… Read More
Last year, for the 5 year anniversary of #ClassroomBookADay, the concept evolved a bit to include curated monthly recommendations to support deeper book knowledge, support of BIPoC book creators, and common books for educators to discuss. If you missed the first round this year, and to learn a bit more, visit the original post here. *In order to be able to… Read More
Last year, for the 5 year anniversary of #ClassroomBookADay, the concept evolved a bit to include curated monthly recommendations to support deeper book knowledge, support of BIPoC book creators, and common books for educators to discuss. If you missed the first round this year, and to learn a bit more, visit the original post here. *In order to be able… Read More
I ADORE Danbi Leads the School Parade! So much so that I selected it as one of my September 2020 #cbadSpotlight titles. As part of Danbi’s spotlight, I’m going to be in conversation with author/illustrator Anna Kim on Penguin Classroom’s Facebook Live this Tuesday. I’m excited to hear more from Anna about how Danbi Leads the School Parade came to be… Read More
Last year for the 5 year anniversary of #classroombookaday, I decided to celebrate by finding a way to connect educators around some of the same books and also to do more to promote some of the books I most highly recommend, especially from BIPOC creators. I appreciated a chance to share some books I think are important for students to… Read More
Though we are dealing with a new normal at this point with the majority of schools closed across the country for social distancing purposes, I don’t want to lose sight of putting the spotlight on some amazing picture books. *Penguin Random House has given a temporary open license during this time to record a read aloud for your students. Please… Read More
Today I’m shining the spotlight on #cbadspotlight pick Festival of Colors, with co-authors Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal and their other books A Bucket of Blessings, The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk, Thread of Love, & P Is for Poppadoms!: An Indian Alphabet Book Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from bestselling mother/son duo Surishtha… Read More
Today I’m shining the spotlight on Carole Boston Weatherford, author of #cbadspotlight pick THE ROOTS OF RAP: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip Hop and also many other wonderful nonfiction titles including By and By: Charles Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music, Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You, How… Read More
