Contests & Giveaways | November 2020
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.
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Wesley King on Sara and the Search for Normal
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 Wesley King talks about his new title Sara and the Search for Normal.
Torrey Maldonado on Teaching and Writing
Torrey Maldonado shares how teaching helps him know what stories kids need and how to make it real for them.
Alan Woo on David Jumps 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, Alan Woo talks about his new picture book David Jumps In.
Victoria Bond on Zora and Me: The Summoner
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 Victoria Bond talks about her new title Zora and Me: The Summoner, the conclusion to the Zora and Me trilogy.
Kate Klise on Don’t Check Out This Book
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 Kate Klise talks about her new title Don't Check Out This Book.
Writing Prompts: Determine Character Voice
Every story has characters whose voices we may remember long after we’ve closed the book. Finding those character voices and writing them authentically is an essential part of the writing process. Listen to these authors discuss how they found their characters’ voices and consider how you might find your own.
Angela Burke Kunkel on Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built
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, debut author Angela Burke Kunkel talks about her new title Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built.
Randy Ribay on Teaching and Writing
Randy Ribay talks about how the stresses students pointed him in the right direction for writing for them.
Amra Sabic-El-Rayess on The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
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 Amra Sabic-El-Rayess talks about her new memoir The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival.
Barbara Dee on My Life in the Fish Tank
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 Barbara Dee talks about her new title My Life in the Fish Tank.
Jerry Craft on Class Act
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, Jerry Craft talks about his new title Class Act.
Guest Blogger: Jackie Azúa Kramer
"...By creating the character of a kind, honest and supportive gorilla, the boy has someone he could share his feelings with and ask questions about death."
Contests & Giveaways | October 2020
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.
Tanya Lloyd Kyi on This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias
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 Tanya Lloyd Kyi talks about her new title This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias.
Candice Iloh on Teaching and Writing
Candice Iloh talks about how the very real feelings of her high school students helped her keep the right focus in her writing.
Diane Stanley on Resist! Peaceful Acts That Changed Our World
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, Diane Stanley talks about her new title Resist! Peaceful Acts That Changed Our World.
Jessica Kim on Teaching and Writing
Jessica Kim reflects on her journey from teacher to writer and on the themes she wished to explore in her first book.
Amy Timberlake on Skunk and Badger
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, Newbery Honor Book author Amy Timberlake talks about her new title Skunk and Badger.
Trung Le Nguyen on The Magic Fish
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, Trung Le Nguyen talks about his debut graphic novel The Magic Fish.
Writing Prompts: Put the Pieces Together
Encourage students to take their new ideas and organize them into a story. Learn about the creative approaches these authors and illustrators have to organizing details. Does a story always start at the beginning?
Joseph Bruchac on One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General
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 Jospeh Bruchac talks about his new title One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General.
Kalynn Bayron on Cinderella Is Dead
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, Kalynn Bayron talks about her debut novel Cinderella Is Dead.
Tessa Allen on Sometimes People March
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, Tessa Allen talks about her debut picture bookSometimes People March.
