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Poetry: It’s in the Details
Poetry demands that we pay attention. From haiku to animal poems to riffs on classic tales, this season’s new titles open readers to the world around them—and some exquisite wordplay. Be sure to share...
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Meeting the CCSS Through Poetry | Professional Shelf
Can kids garner a passion for literature without Shakespeare, Silverstein, Salinger, or Sendak? From NPR’s All Things Considered to Education Week to the ASCD’s Educational Leadership, everyone is...
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“I’m Nobody! Who Are You?”| Emily Dickinson Plays Sleuth
Listen to Michaela MacColl introduce and read from Nobody’s Secret. In Nobody’s Secret (Chronicle, April, 2013), Michaela MacColl imagines the poet Emily Dickinson as a 15-year-old who sets out to...
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Inquiry and Nonfiction | On Common Core
nquiry—the process of satisfying our curiosity—and nonfiction are closely related. Readers turn to nonfiction for those how-to lessons as well as informational needs. In titles such as Bradley Hague’s...
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The Autism Spectrum | Books for Kids, Parents, and Teachers
According to the Autism Society, April has been recognized as National Autism Awareness Month since the 1970s. In 2008, the UN declared April 2 World Autism Awareness Day, and President Obama followed...
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Doers and Dreamers | Celebrating Black History
Throughout the year we highlight stories of well- and lesser-known individuals whose histories are part of our American fabric. But looking back, there are always a few books that haven’t been included...
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On Common Core | Talking about Nonfiction
here is never enough time in a single class session, the school day, or even across the school year to pack in all that teachers and librarians want their students to learn. The Common Core State...
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Nick’s Picks | The 2013 American Library Association Award Winners
TeachingBooks.net has recorded the recent winners of the 2013 ALA book awards. Enjoy listening to these authors and illustrators as they discuss the stories behind their award-winning work, and be sure...
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Whiskers, Dreams, and Grave-Robbing Schemes | More on Abraham Lincoln
Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation (January, 1863), as well as the delivery of the Gettysburg Address (November,1863), 2013 brings a number of new...
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Deconstructing Nonfiction | On Common Core
ime and time again, we hear that children do not know how to read nonfiction as well as fiction. It isn’t that nonfiction is inherently more difficult than fiction. It’s often that students do not have...
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A Mission Above and Beyond Them | An Interview with Tanya Lee Stone
Listen to Tanya Lee Stone introduce and read from Courage Has No Color. Tanya Lee Stone’s search—for photos and facts—has led her in surprising and rewarding directions. “To me, visual storytelling is...
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‘Pathways to the Common Core’| Professional Shelf
Now that the dust stirred up by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has begun to settle, it’s time for the hard part, implementation, which finds districts, schools, and teachers unpacking the...
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Amazing But True | Nonfiction for Reluctant Readers
Related TeachingBooks.net resources »»» Do you rely on tried-and-true series entries to lure less-willing readers into informational texts? Scholastic’s “You Wouldn’t Want to…” and the Gareth Stevens...
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Reaching Those Resistant Readers | Fun, Fast-Paced Fiction
Related TeachingBooks.net resources »»» Hybrid novels–part text, part graphics–have convinced many reluctant readers that library shelves hold books that speak to them. But when these children and...
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Michael Hearst | A Fascination with the Unusual
TeachingBook.net resources on this interview »»» Listen to Michael Hearst introduce and read from Unusual Creatures Michael Hearst makes his children’s book debut with Unusual Creatures (Chronicle,...
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Nick’s Picks | Celebrating World Languages Through Books
In this month’s column we celebrate our multilingual world by showcasing a variety of audio and video recordings from the TeachingBooks.net collection. These multimedia resources allow students and...
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Clustering and the Common Core
The Common Core State Standards require that children and young adults read “across” a variety of texts, within the same genre or on the same topic or theme. This reading should engage them in critical...
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Population Shifts Through the Centuries | Nick’s Picks
Throughout the ages, individuals and groups have migrated, emigrated, fled, and been forcibly removed from their homelands. When teaching about the movement of people, books can provide students with a...
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Does Character Matter?
In How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (Houghton Mifflin, 2012), Paul Tough challenges the generally accepted notion that academic achievement rests primarily on...
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On Common Core | Content Over Coverage
One of the most common complaints about state or local curriculum standards is that they focus on covering a range of topics—too many, in most cases—while sacrificing depth of understanding. Chances...
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