So your middle grade students are not reading as much as they should? Perhaps you’ve already tried book talks, first-chapter Fridays and...

“𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴!” is a must-read from cover to cover. The protagonist “Joe” is a differently-abled child who notices...

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳.”...

If your students liked “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘈 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵” by Sophia Gholz and want to know more about Jadav Payeng, here’s a...

Bahram Rahman’s “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝘀” published in 2020 and set in Kabul, still remains one of the finest examples of #ownvoices...

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

Anything “Asian” sells – books by Asian authors, books with Asian characters, books with an Asian setting, and books about Asian food are...

“𝗔 𝗗𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗜𝘀…” is an ode to the chunri or the dupatta commonly worn by people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka....

“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀” is a collection of 12 short stories penned by 12 East-Asian-American or...

Weekend read – a middle-grade novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old girl who loves to swim but is troubled by juvenile arthritis and a...

Are the children in your class fans of Penelope Rex? Are you in search of an even more hilarious book that will have them laughing out...

"𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰" illuminates the experiences of children with Sensory Processing Disorder, while captivating a wide...

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

Grade 2s were fascinated with Kevin Henkes’ latest book - the words and the pictures stirred them to exclaim, “We can do this too!” Now...

“𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀” is finally out in the world! I’ve been a fan of Jarrett Lerner’s artwork on literacy, but this book,...

I am definitely not a fan of sci-fi books or fantasy – I don’t think you’d find a single one on my feed! But hey, “𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮...

Have you read Michael Rex’s latest “𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀”? Children’s books on wants versus needs often tend to...

There are books that you seek; then there are books that find the reader and therein lies a charm as you realise that it was fated to be...

Have you checked out “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿”, the latest wordless book from Aaron Becker? Presented as a time-lapse, a...

Connor kisses his friend Miriam at school. Miriam is taken aback and does not know how to react to an unprovoked kiss. Utterly confused,...

Through a casual discussion between a mother and child both tucked in bed, Sydney Smith creates the nostalgic magic of looking back,...

“𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀” written by 16-year-old Uma Menon, is a book to look out for. It is a picture book about...

I am reading “𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀” by Torrey Maldonado this weekend. A fast-paced book about a young boy who witnesses his stepfather’s violence...

“𝗔 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀” by Nikki Grimes, Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney is one of a kind! “𝘈 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦...