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Picture Book Recommendations for Getting Started with #classroombookaday

August 2, 2019

I’m excited to be kicking off my #classroombookaday partnership with Follett Classroom this school year! I’ve done a Facebook Live introducing the #classroombookaday concept and also a Webinar on the basics of #classroombookaday with them. I will also be getting the opportunity to curate recommended book lists each month this school year to share with you. They’ll be revealed in… Read More

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

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

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… Read More

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

Webinar Recording – Building Community with #classroombookaday Read Alouds

Webinar Recording – Building Community with #classroombookaday Read Alouds

May 31, 2019

Sharing about #classroombookaday is always a joy for me. I couldn’t have imagined back in 2014, when I started it inspired by Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday challenge for teachers, how it could have grown and spread to classrooms across the country. The impact of this simple idea, reading aloud a picture book every day of the school year, is beyond what… Read More

Filed Under: #ClassroomBookADay, PD, Picture Books

ANOTHER – Wordless Picture Book(s)

ANOTHER – Wordless Picture Book(s)

March 8, 2019

I love wordless picture books! When I heard Christian Robinson was debuting his first book as author & illustrator, I was excited to see what it would be about. When I heard it was a wordless picture book, I was even more intrigued. And ANOTHER does not disappoint. Evoking a sense of wonder with its playfulness and creativity, there is… Read More

Filed Under: Other, Picture Books

Author Interview: Eva Eland – When Sadness Is At Your Door

Author Interview: Eva Eland – When Sadness Is At Your Door

January 29, 2019

Happy Book Birthday to Eva Eland & When Sadness is At Your Door!  A comforting primer in emotional literacy and mindfulness that suggests we approach the feeling of sadness as if it is our guest. Sadness can be scary and confusing at any age! When we feel sad, especially for long periods of time, it can seem as if the… Read More

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These Are a Few of My Favorite 2018 Picture Books

These Are a Few of My Favorite 2018 Picture Books

January 5, 2019

2018 is over, so it’s time to look back at all of the awesome books I read last year and reflect on which ones had the lasting impact to have me still thinking about them and considering them some of the best of the year. (some may have been published in 2017, but I didn’t read them until 2018.) . For non-picture… Read More

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Get to Know Bharat Babies + a Giveaway!

Get to Know Bharat Babies + a Giveaway!

December 6, 2018

I am constantly looking for the recommendations I give and the books I share with students and educators to be culturally and racially inclusive. So I was thrilled to discover a new publisher when they reached out to ask if I’d be interested in a copy of one of their picture books to review.  Bharat Babies is an indie publishing… Read More

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#NCTE18 #classroombookaday Presentation

November 29, 2018

I was thrilled to be able to bring #classroombookaday to NCTE this year, especially with some amazing educators who discussed their different angles on how they have implemented it at their schools at roundtables, paired with incredible authors/illustrators talking about the value of picture books for all ages. Although I can’t recreate those conversations for you, I can at least share… Read More

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