While choosing a book for read-aloud, I often find reminding myself to give nonfiction an equal opportunity. However, I tend to gravitate...

It is rare to find a child who has walked the halls of an elementary school but hasn’t read a creation from Jane Yolen. The writer of...

New book alert! The third book in the fascinating series “You Stole My Name” will be out in February 2025. “You Stole My Name Tools”...

Keep an eye on your non-fiction stack – one book that you cannot miss in 2024 is “𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙚 – 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜...

Chester needs vegetables to add to his salad, so he goes to the vegetable garden to get some. That’s when he is informed that there is in...

“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻” is almost like a riddle and a poem, and you will play the guessing game right up to the end where...

If you and the little ones in your care have enjoyed Kari Lavelle’s “𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦?”, then this post is just for you! “𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁...

Melissa Stewart, in her book “𝟱 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” challenges the assumption that children lean towards narrative...

For the World Read Aloud Day, why not read a non-fiction for a change? “𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆...

Have you read this gem that was recently awarded the Robert Sibert medal? “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀” is beyond doubt one...

The Kohinoor diamond, one of the most famous in the world, was stolen from India and eventually went into the British hands as they...

A lovely combination of science and poetry makes this nonfiction picture book about the heart come alive! The heart is indeed a...

After a long wait, finally it was my turn to borrow this book – one look, and the reason for the long book reservation queue is obvious....

My copy of “𝗔 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝗿𝘀” is finally here! Celebrating families of every size and form, this latest addition to the...

I finally had a chance encounter with this bestseller. “𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗽𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮” is a...

Whether or not you teach media literacy, “𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻!” by Elise Gravel is not to be missed. With a...

If you are still undecided about the nonfiction title that you’d read aloud next week (check out my previous post), try out Jessica...

If you teach poetry, then the upcoming “𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀: 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗺” by the...

“𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯...

Poetry is so often made formulaic by well meaning educators, that many children look at it as ‘yet another genre; yet another unit’. This...