I always love participating in Cathy & Mandy’s #pb10for10 event to celebrate picture books that are must haves for my classroom to share with students and seeing what picture books everyone else shares. These would all be fabulous #classroombookaday choices also! I inevitably end up with a longer wish list and shopping cart and a maxed out hold list at my library. So… Read More
A Podcast Interview About #classroombookaday
I was honored to be invited to participate in a Books Between podcast by Corrina Allen last week. It was a great conversation on the start of #classroombookday, why it was so successful, and includes MANY book recommendations! I wasn’t expecting the final version to be an hour, but it is, so make sure you have time if you’re sitting down… Read More
Picture Book Favorites of 2016 – Booktalk Video
For Picture Book Month back in November, I booktalked some of my favorite new picture books and shared via video. In case you missed it over on Lit Perks. Although my job situation has changed, and I’m now an independent contractor doing literacy consulting through BALB Literacy Consulting, I didn’t want you to miss out on some of these great… Read More
2015 #pb10for10 (Picture Book 10 for 10)
For the past couple of years, I’ve been participating in Cathy & Mandy’s #pb10for10 event to celebrate picture books that are must haves for my classroom to share with students. Plus, I love seeing what books everyone else has on their lists-I always find new books to check out. This past school year, inspired by Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday for teachers… Read More
Busy Reading, New Role (Chair)
I’ve been busy reading, very busy reading, but there hasn’t been as much time to blog about the books individually because of an exciting new role I’ve taken on and the reading I’ve been doing related to it. It became official this weekend! The Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA) Children’s Literature Committee is a group of WI education professionals who… Read More
2014 Picture Book 10 for 10
I have been making a concerted effort to read more picture books in the last year, and with my work on the Wisconsin State Reading Association’s (WSRA) Children’s Literature Committee, it has given me even more reason to. And then, when I found out I would have an additional 10 minutes for each class period this coming year, I decided… Read More
Blog Tour: THE SNATCHABOOK Author & Illustrator Guest Post
THE SNATCHABOOK is a cute picture book about a small town where all of the animals’ books and bedtime stories are disappearing. Today I get to share a guest post from the author and illustrator in response to my question: Where did you come up with the idea for this picture book, and if/how did it change through the revision/illustration process? You… Read More
TTT: Top 10 Picture Books I Read This Summer
Since I want to focus on keeping things positive for my reading recommendations, and I couldn’t really think of enough ideas for this week’s official Top Ten Tuesday topic, I decided to create my own. 🙂 I made it a priority to read more picture books starting this summer (I ended up reading almost 100 from the time school ended… Read More