Best Books

Hidden Gems: The Bread Winner

Even though the end of the school year is nowhere in sight, I am already considering books to teach my…

10 years ago

Back to School Book List

You would think after all of my first days of school that I would not get that sinking feeling in…

11 years ago

Books with a Summer Setting

I keep seeing articles about how to encourage children to read throughout the summer. All of the articles make the same basic…

11 years ago

Mystery, History, and Art

I have been reading at a pretty good clip since school ended. I just finished a book called Under the…

11 years ago

Sweet Reads

Magical candy is kind of a draw in children's literature. Mr. Star Wars recently read The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop and…

11 years ago

Terrific Teachers Book List

During the month of February, my students and I work on a poetry unit. A key piece to the POETRY…

11 years ago

Favorite 2014 Kid Books and Giveaway Winner

Thank you to all who entered to win the Amazon gift card and participated in the recent blog hop. Congratulations…

11 years ago

Instead of Junie B. Jones

Miss Priss is a good little independent reader, but she is still at a stage where she needs 8-year old…

11 years ago

Small Towns and Quirky Characters

I read Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool this weekend. It won the Newbery a few years ago, and the title…

12 years ago

Listen to It

It is time for our annual summer road trip, and we loaded up on audio books from the public library…

12 years ago

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