Poetry Friday: Audio odysseys
This Friday, explore a classic in a new way …
Add multimedia resources, like this audio Book Reading of Homer’s The Odyssey, when you are exploring this classic with students.
Listen now with students to this dramatic excerpt to…
Poetry Friday: Emphasize rhythm and rhyme with audio clips
Audio performances of books, like this dramatic Book Reading of Bear Feels Scared (S&S, 2008), are a fun way to explore rhythm and rhyme with younger students.
Listen now with students and ask them to notice the rhyming words in…
Guest Blogger: David Wiesner
Designing the cover is my final step in creating a picture book. It’s only after spending so much time in the interior of the book—realizing the characters and their world—that I can stand back and consider what one picture would best sum up the experience of the story.“Speak” out during Banned Books Week
Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of Speak (FSG, 1991), got in touch with us recently. Currently, Speak—a National Book Award Finalist as well as a Printz Honor Book—is being challenged.
Connecting these events to this week’s Banned Books Week, Laurie…
Poetry Friday: Poems about place
While browsing TeachingBooks.net for audio Book Readings featuring poetry, I came across this dramatic audio performance of two poems from Curtis Crisler’s Tough Boy Sonatas (Front Street, 2007), a collection of 38 poems reflecting the experiences of boys growing up…
