A School Librarian Sharing Books & #ClassroomBookADay
I shared this on social media and was asked to house it on the blog also for easier citation. Feel free to use for your own reflection or share (with credit!) as you see fit. 12 Steps to EduGrowth When Called In ©2019 Jillian Heise @heisereads A footnote: After posting this, a generous twitterer replied to my step 11 to… Read More
Sharing about #classroombookaday is always a joy for me. I couldn’t have imagined back in 2014, when I started it inspired by Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday challenge for teachers, how it could have grown and spread to classrooms across the country. The impact of this simple idea, reading aloud a picture book every day of the school year, is beyond what… Read More
I’m excited to be partnering with Follett Community for some exciting #classroombookaday things this year, and we’re kicking it off with a webinar! Since I started incorporating a daily picture book read-aloud in my middle school classroom in 2014, inspired by Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday, I have seen the positive impact of this simple addition to the classroom routine grow beyond… Read More
With the news about the terrorist attack on mosques in New Zealand, my mind went to books I could share with students. The books that would help them better understand the wearing of a hijab. The books that would help them better understand what it means when they hear the word Muslim or Islam. The books that would help them… Read More
I love wordless picture books! When I heard Christian Robinson was debuting his first book as author & illustrator, I was excited to see what it would be about. When I heard it was a wordless picture book, I was even more intrigued. And ANOTHER does not disappoint. Evoking a sense of wonder with its playfulness and creativity, there is… Read More
Happy Book Birthday to Eva Eland & When Sadness is At Your Door! A comforting primer in emotional literacy and mindfulness that suggests we approach the feeling of sadness as if it is our guest. Sadness can be scary and confusing at any age! When we feel sad, especially for long periods of time, it can seem as if the… Read More
I shared my end-of-year Favorite 2018 Books & Picture Books, and now I’m looking ahead to 2019! These are the 2019 releases I’ve already read, loved, and think will stand the test of time to still be favorites a year from now. All are worth a pre-order. PICTURE BOOKS Where Are You From? In which a girl who… Read More
2018 is over, so it’s time to look back at all of the awesome books I read last year and reflect on which ones had the lasting impact to have me still thinking about them and considering them some of the best of the year. (some may have been published in 2017, but I didn’t read them until 2018.) . For non-picture… Read More
