Tips for Using Multi-Leveled Lessons
TeachingBooks has a number of multi-leveled lessons that offer scaffolded learning opportunities for thinking about genre, cultural representation, and storytelling.
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Guest Blogger: Kaz Windness
"I’m most excited for young readers to meet these funny, heartwarming characters and embrace the message of acceptance."
Alexandra Alessandri on Teaching and Writing
Alexandra Alessandri talks about how her students taught her to be brave and how important it is for everyone's stories to be told.
Maleeha Siddiqui on Bhai for Now
Author Maleeha Siddiqui talks about her new book Bhai for Now.
Contests & Giveaways | February 2023
Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.
Leonard S. Marcus on Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon
Leonard S. Marcus discusses Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon.
Guest Blogger: Jennie Liu
"One day, my (then) fifth grader went eagerly to a haul of books, but as he flipped through them, I saw his posture slump, and he said dismally, “Why do you always bring home sad books about kids having some really bad struggle?”"
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Building Anticipation with Mysteries
Jumpstart students' thinking about any mystery, even before they've started reading.
Katie Van Heidrich on Teaching and Writing
Katie Van Heidrich talks about how teaching remotely during the pandemic showed her how every student faces challenges and in-between times of their own, which inspired her to share her own story.
Sarah Darer Littman on Some Kind of Hate
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Sarah Darer Littman talks about her new book Some Kind of Hate.
Guest Blogger: Apryl Stott
"Being creative is being brave. We don’t have to be perfect. If there’s something we love, we can do it because it’s fun. We don’t need to be the BEST to make something or play something or try something."
Contests & Giveaways | January 2023
Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.
Lesa Cline-Ransome on Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome talks about her new book Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between, illustrated by Ashley Bernham-Yazdani.
Priyanka Taslim on Teaching and Writing
Priyanka Taslim talks about wanting to give her students, and herself, books with characters like them that were joy and escapism.
Chana Stiefel on The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Chana Stiefel talks about her new book The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs.
Cara Giaimo and Christina Couch on Detector Dogs, Dynamite Dolphins, and More Animals with Super Sensory Powers
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, authors Cara Giaimo and Christina Couch talk about their new book Detector Dogs, Dynamite Dolphins, and More Animals with Super Sensory Powers .
Carmen Agra Deedy and Brian Lies on Wombat Said Come In
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, award-winning author Carmen Agra Deedy and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Brian Lies talk about their new book Wombat Said Come In.
Jamar Nicholas on Leon the Extraordinary: A Graphic Novel
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, award-winning comics creator Jamar Nicholas talks about his new book Leon the Extraordinary: A Graphic Novel.
Guest Blogger: Marcelo Verdad
"I’m a HUGE fan of kids’ art. While I teach, I make sure to pay close attention to their thought process, their mark making, their color palettes, even the way they hold their crayons and paintbrushes. Then I try to re-create what I’m able to observe and inform my own art. Something I’m still working on is unlearning what I’ve learned and trying to go back to that raw, honest, and unapologetic way kids are able to express themselves through any art form."
Contests & Giveaways | December 2022
Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.
Christina Uss on A Few Bicycles More
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Christina Uss talks about her new book A Few Bicycles More.
Dianne White on Teaching and Writing
Dianne White discusses how she didn't expect to be a writer, but supportive teachers and helping kids find their own voices showed her that she was one.
