Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Books I’ve Read So Far in 2013 In no particular order (because that would be way too hard!) SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL by Trish Doller I HUNT KILLERS by Barry Lyga OCTOBER MOURNING: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Leslea Newman GHOST HAWK by Susan Cooper [August] THE… Read More
Archives for June 2013
Launching the New & Improved #SummerThrowdown
Welcome to #summerthrowdown year 2!!!!! This year we’re making a few changes to improve #summerthrowdown based on what we did with our students this past school year as part of our Sister Classroom journey of interstate collaboration. Because we love our librarians, and don’t want to wedge the stake of competition between us [Brian’s description] we wanted a more collaborative… Read More
TTT: Top 10 Books at the Top of My Summer TBR List
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Books At The Top Of My Summer TBR List Already Released GAME by Barry Lyga OPENLY STRAIGHT by Bill Konigsberg THE 5th WAVE by Rick Yancey PRIMATES by Jim Ottaviani & Maris Wicks (graphic novel) Most Eagerly Anticipated Advance Copies THE DREAM THIEVES by Maggie Stiefvater (ARC)… Read More
Blog Tour: THE WIG IN THE WINDOW by Kristen Kittscher Guest Post
I’m so excited to have been asked to be a part of the blog tour for THE WIG IN THE WINDOW, a fun middle grades mystery by Kristen Kittscher (a middle school teacher!). I’m especially excited that Kristen offered up a guest post on her revision process (an aspect of the author’s writing life I’m looking to share more examples… Read More
Celebrating Our Reading Year
Another school year has wrapped up with one of my favorite days…book tally day! I work very hard to help my students increase their reading stamina, volume, motivation, and engagement when they are with me, and at the end of the year, we celebrate the reading we have done. I don’t ask my students to do anything I’m not willing… Read More
Happy Book Birthday WHEN YOU WERE HERE by Daisy Whitney!
Happy Book Birthday to Daisy Whitney’s WHEN YOU WERE HERE (one of my favorite books of the year)!!! Title: WHEN YOU WERE HERE Author: Daisy Whitney Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: June 4, 2013 Number of Pages: 257 Source of Book: ARC from publisher at NCTE When You Were Here, Lost in Translation meets Where She… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday: Books Featuring Travel in Some Way
I’m always checking out other bloggers’ Top Ten Tuesday lists (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish), and I finally decided it’s time for me to take part. And it’s a perfect week as it is the book birthday of my #1 pick! Top Ten Books Featuring Travel In Some Way 1) WHEN YOU WERE HERE by Daisy Whitney (Hello,… Read More
