A School Librarian Sharing Books & #ClassroomBookADay
I’m excited to be partnering with Follett for a second year of monthly book lists! Each month of this school year I will be sharing a themed list of 20 recommended picture book titles for #CLASSROOMBOOKADAY read alouds in partnership with Follett Classroom. Each booklist is accompanied by a blog post explaining more in depth my thoughts in creating the list and… Read More
I’m excited to be partnering with Follett for a second year of monthly book lists! Each month of this school year I will be sharing a themed list of 20 recommended picture book titles for #CLASSROOMBOOKADAY read alouds in partnership with Follett Classroom. Each booklist is accompanied by a blog post explaining more in depth my thoughts in creating the list and… 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
I have gotten several questions and requests about a few items related to #ClassroomBookADay this summer, so I’m putting them all in one post for ease of sharing on multiple platforms. Summer Learning On Demand Access I presented two live workshops this summer and recorded the Zoom sessions. Since I am back at school already, I am not able to… 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
I’m excited to be partnering with Follett for a second year of monthly book lists! Each month of this school year I will be sharing a themed list of 20 recommended picture book titles for #CLASSROOMBOOKADAY read alouds in partnership with Follett Classroom. Each booklist is accompanied by a blog post explaining more in depth my thoughts in creating the list and… Read More
This August is unlike any August before, but if there is one thing I know about picture books, it’s that they help us connect, empathize, and grow community with students in ways that go deeper than many other activities we do in classrooms. Because of that, and the unique situations educators are finding themselves in this year, I wanted to… Read More
With all of the uncertainty facing educators about how we might be starting this school year, there is one thing I do know for certain: We can use picture books to start building relationships and connections with and among our students. Whether virtual behind a screen or in person behind a mask/shield, we can use picture books to create a… Read More
