Best Books

Picture Books and Paper Crafts

In order to keep students engaged during those last few days of school before summer break, I was on the…

7 years ago

Dystopian Book Genre

The dystopian book genre comprises the bulk of Mr. Star Wars' 8th grade book stack (check out my other BLOG…

7 years ago

Inspirational Teacher Characters in Literature

I am a sucker for inspirational teacher characters in literature. I love books that include a teacher (or coach or…

7 years ago

Middle School Boy Books

  Mr. Star Wars finishes 7th grade in two days. He has always been a voracious reader and reads at…

8 years ago

Author Inspiration

I love getting to the end of a book and reading an author's note that provides insight into the story's inspiration.…

9 years ago

Orphans in Children’s Literature

Have you noticed how many favorite characters in children's literature are orphans or have absent parents or missing parents or…

9 years ago

How to Write a Letter an Author Will Love

In This Recent Fractured Fairy Tale Book List Post, I highlighted a sweet book Miss Priss and I found this…

9 years ago

Fractured Fairy Tales

  Fractured fairy tales are those stories that take traditional fairy tale plots and put a twist on the story everyone…

10 years ago

Native American Books

Summer is here and that means I can catch up with my kid lit book pile. To start this summer,…

10 years ago

Hidden Gems: The Missing Golden Ticket

"Writing process" is a big catch phrase in the education world, and students will do everything possible to complete as little…

10 years ago

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