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Brod Bagert: The Power of Poetry Like Never Before
Poet Brod Bagert is the author of over ten books of poetry for children, young adults, and adults. A former lawyer and New Orleans City Councilman, Bagert penned his first poem as a favor to his daughter, who needed a poem to recite in a school program. Bagert realized that few poems written in children’s…
Interview with Tim Federle, Author of Better Nate Than Ever
What is your birthdate?: 3/24 Previous occupations: Broadway actor, with rest-stops at the Super Bowl (as a Christina Aguilera backup dancer) and Radio City Music Hall (as a CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR polar bear). Favorite job: This one! Revealing Questions Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words? A. Honestly? Extremely dangerous. Oh, wait….
Integrating Technology in the Classroom
Stacey Roshan, an Advanced Placement calculus teacher at Bullis School—a private school for students grades three through 12 in Potomac, Md.—faced the problem of trying to keep her students engaged as she walked them through the difficult mathematics curriculum. During her previous three years at the school, Roshan notes, students were routinely stupefied by the…
How Classroom Libraries Work
Research shows that classroom libraries help students attain reading achievement. These key points from Scholastic’s Classroom Libraries Work: Research & Results provide concrete examples that will help you build an effective skill-building library for your students. Additional research support for the importance of classroom libraries can be found here. Children learning to read need access…
NEW: Graphic Novel Series HILO by Judd Winick, Cartoonist and former cast member of MTV’S The Real World
First Book in the Series to be Published in Spring 2015 “Winick has a sense of timing and adventure that is rare in children’s literature, and a knack for thinking like a kid that’s even rarer. I think it’s because he still is one at heart. HILO is delightful, silly, tender, and most importantly: funny.”…
Poems Throughout the School Day
Crossposted on Yahoo! Introducing Poetry throughout the School Day For millennia – even before Homer started reciting The Iliad and The Odyssey – we humans have been telling one another poems. Even today, children and adolescents often spontaneously make up poems to tell one another, in jump-rope rhymes, insults and comebacks, riddles, and other verses. What…
SQUISH #4: Captain Disaster and other great middle grade books
SQUISH #4: Captain Disaster by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm When trouble calls, there is a single cell who has the courage to do what’s right….Squish! “Even the mildest young boy will see something of himself in Squish. Super Amoeba is an energetic, good-hearted escapade, one that young readers will enjoy.”—New York Times Book…
Another View of the Holocaust
Everyone knows about Anne Frank and her life hidden in the secret annex, but what about the boy who was also trapped there with her? On July 13, 1942, 15-year-old Peter van Pels and his parents entered the attic that became their home for two years. Peter is angry that he is hiding and not…
Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All I am the Book Bear and I approve of this message. My oldest daughter, an intermediate grade reader, and a lot of her friends love and relate to the protagonist of this book. Eighth-grader Nikki Maxwell is already more than a little cynical. “I’m definitely not the kind of…
Young People's Pavilion 