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October #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on Let Me Finish! with Author Minh Lê

October #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on Let Me Finish! with Author Minh Lê

October 7, 2019

Today I’m shining the spotlight on Minh Lê, author of #cbadspotlight pick Let Me Finish!  and also Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Picture Book Drawn Together and the upcoming picture book The Perfect Seat & graphic novel Green Lantern: Legacy When our young hero settles in to read, the last thing he wants is for some noisy animals to ruin the ending… Read More

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

#classroombookaday Recommendations: Friendship Picture Books

#classroombookaday Recommendations: Friendship Picture Books

October 4, 2019

As part of my #classroombookaday partnership with Follett Classroom, I get the opportunity to curate recommended book lists each month this school year. I share the recommended books in a blog post at the Follett Community site explaining more in depth my thoughts in creating the list and why I chose those specific titles, and the lists are available in… Read More

Filed Under: #ClassroomBookADay, Other, Picture Books, Recommended Reads, Themed Booklists for Follett

September #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on Alma and How She Got Her Name with Author/Illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal

September #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on Alma and How She Got Her Name with Author/Illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal

September 30, 2019

Today I’m shining the spotlight on Juana Martinez-Neal, author/illustrator of #cbadspotlight pick & Caldecott Honor book  Alma and How She Got Her Name  and also illustrator of La Princesa and the Pea, La Madre Goose: Nursery Rhymes for Lost Niños, Babymoon & Frybread: A Native American Family Story What’s in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells… Read More

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

September #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on The Day You Begin with Illustrator Rafael López

September #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on The Day You Begin with Illustrator Rafael López

September 17, 2019

Today I’m shining the spotlight on multiple time Pura Belpré & Américas Illustrator Honor & Award Winner Rafael López, illustrator of #cbadspotlight pick The Day You Begin  and also Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands, Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood, Book Fiesta!, The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, Bravo!: Poems… Read More

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

September #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on The King of Kindergarten with Author Derrick Barnes

September #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on The King of Kindergarten with Author Derrick Barnes

September 6, 2019

Today I’m shining the spotlight on Derrick Barnes, author of #cbadspotlight pick The King of Kindergarten  and also #classroombookaday favorite Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, a Newbery Honor, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Author & Illustrator Honor book A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten. The morning sun blares through your window like a million… Read More

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

#classroombookaday Recommendations: Building Community

August 23, 2019

As part of my #classroombookaday partnership with Follett Classroom, I get the opportunity to curate recommended book lists each month this school year. I share the recommended books in a blog post at the Follett Community site explaining more in depth my thoughts in creating the list and why I chose those specific titles, and the lists are available in… Read More

Filed Under: #ClassroomBookADay, Other, Picture Books, Recommended Reads, Themed Booklists for Follett

Back-to-School Picture Books 2019 #classroombookaday Recommendations

Back-to-School Picture Books 2019 #classroombookaday Recommendations

August 20, 2019

When considering picture books to recommend for #classroombookaday read alouds, one consideration I use is time of year or what may be happening in schools. Back-to-school time is when I think carefully about what those first read alouds of the year might be – those books that will help set the tone for the classroom community for the school year…. Read More

Filed Under: Other, Picture Books, Recommended Reads

#pb10for10 2019 | Ten New Picture Books Honoring Family

#pb10for10 2019 | Ten New Picture Books Honoring Family

August 10, 2019

I always love participating in Cathy & Mandy’s #pb10for10 event celebrating picture books and providing many fabulous #classroombookaday choices! I inevitably end up with a longer wish list and shopping cart and a maxed out hold list at my library. So get ready, and then go check out other educators lists today back at Reflect & Refine!  I’ve been thinking a lot about family this summer…. Read More

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