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Introducing #cbadspotlight & the 2019-20 Monthly #classroombookaday Selections

July 12, 2019

#classroombookaday is celebrating it’s 5 year anniversary this summer! I’m amazed this small thing I started in my 7th & 8th grade classroom back in 2014, to bring Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday into the classroom with a daily picture book read aloud, has grown into something thousands of educators are joining in on with their own students. 
With all the conversations I was seeing online from participating teachers, I wanted to find a way to help deepen the experience, help connect teachers with those in other schools also implementing this initiative, and find a way to showcase inclusive authors and #ownvoices titles that I hope more teachers would know and share with students. 
Introducing #cbadspotlight
Connecting teachers and classes & spotlighting three picture books
each month for common titles to build conversations around.
Below are the 27 titles,
3 for each month September-May,
for the first year of #cbadspotlight!

I’m hoping to connect with the authors and illustrators of these books to try to line up some special content to feature on the blog during the month their titles are spotlighted to add to the conversations.

 
 
 

2019-20 #cbadspotlight selections

September:
The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López



October:
Let Me Finish! by Minh Lê, illustrated by Isabel Roxas
Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar, illustrated by Alea Marley



November:
Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed, illustrated by Anoosha Syed
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
The Field by Baptiste Paul, illustrated by Jacqueline Alcantara
December:

Saturday by Oge Mora
Don’t Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke, illustrated by Van T Rudd

January:
A Big Bed for Little Snow by Grace Lin
I Will Be Fierce by Bea Birdsong, illustrated by Nidhi Chanani
When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita

February:
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison
The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. Ali, illustrated by Hatem Aly
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, illustrated by Zeke Peña

March:
Festival of Colors by Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal, illustrated by Vashti Harrison
Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max
At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre

April:
Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis
I Wonder by K.A. Holt, illustrated by Kenard Pak
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez, illustrated by Jamie Kim

May:
Under My Hijab by Hena Khan, illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel
The One Day House by Julia Durango, illustrated by Bianca Diaz
Our Favorite Day by Joowon Oh

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Filed Under: #cbadspotlight, #ClassroomBookADay, Other, Picture Books

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