We hope you enjoy our staff picks, which are our most recent favorite multimedia resources on TeachingBooks. Do you have a recent favorite resource or a resource you love to use again and again? Post a comment to let other…
I recently spoke with author Tonya Bolden to record her introducing and reading a passage from her book George Washington Carver. Listen to this Book Reading with students as an introduction to George Washington Carver. You will be sure…
A few weeks ago I spoke with author M.T. Anderson to create an original Book Reading and an Author Name Pronunciation. While speaking with M.T., I realized something simple yet powerful—writers are inventors! Authors are idea people, and because of…
When I was a child I resented the stories I read about the ugly mean older sisters. Why did the youngest have to be the kind beautiful one? And why did the eldest always seem to possess the worst flaws? I remember thinking, if I were a writer, I'd never bow down to that storytelling tradition. I'd write a story about the gorgeous gentle-spirited oldest daughter with the two dreadful younger sisters. If you haven't already figured it out, I'm a first born.
Grappling with the value of drawing when it’s the writing I want him to get to…
I occasionally volunteer at a local school where I work with a 7-year-old who loves to draw. If there are markers and paper…
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is one of my favorite holidays. I get to celebrate a human being who facilitated some amazing social movement in his lifetime.
Thankfully, those of us who work with young people can use the award-winning…