A School Librarian Sharing Books & #ClassroomBookADay
Today I’m shining the spotlight on multiple time Pura Belpré & Américas Illustrator Honor & Award Winner Rafael López, illustrator of #cbadspotlight pick The Day You Begin and also Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands, Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood, Book Fiesta!, The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, Bravo!: Poems… Read More
Today I’m shining the spotlight on Derrick Barnes, author of #cbadspotlight pick The King of Kindergarten and also #classroombookaday favorite Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, a Newbery Honor, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Author & Illustrator Honor book A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten. The morning sun blares through your window like a million… Read More
As part of my #classroombookaday partnership with Follett Classroom, I get the opportunity to curate recommended book lists each month this school year. I share the recommended books in a blog post at the Follett Community site explaining more in depth my thoughts in creating the list and why I chose those specific titles, and the lists are available in… Read More
When considering picture books to recommend for #classroombookaday read alouds, one consideration I use is time of year or what may be happening in schools. Back-to-school time is when I think carefully about what those first read alouds of the year might be – those books that will help set the tone for the classroom community for the school year…. Read More
I always love participating in Cathy & Mandy’s #pb10for10 event celebrating picture books and providing many fabulous #classroombookaday choices! I inevitably end up with a longer wish list and shopping cart and a maxed out hold list at my library. So get ready, and then go check out other educators lists today back at Reflect & Refine! I’ve been thinking a lot about family this summer…. Read More
I’m excited to be kicking off my #classroombookaday partnership with Follett Classroom this school year! I’ve done a Facebook Live introducing the #classroombookaday concept and also a Webinar on the basics of #classroombookaday with them. I will also be getting the opportunity to curate recommended book lists each month this school year to share with you. They’ll be revealed in… Read More
#classroombookaday is celebrating it’s 5 year anniversary this summer! I’m amazed this small thing I started in my 7th & 8th grade classroom back in 2014, to bring Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday into the classroom with a daily picture book read aloud, has grown into something thousands of educators are joining in on with their own students. With all the conversations… Read More
With as much as I share about #classroombookaday and recommend picture books, there is a question I get often that I want to process in this post. Variations on where is the list for __ grade? When I see requests for picture books that “work” or are “for” intermediate/middle grades, I worry that as educators we’re putting too much… Read More
