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November 3, 2008 in Timely Topics

Chief Joseph Medicine Crow, aka High Bird, is an amazing man. His book, Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond, shares the stories of his life traversing two cultures: that of his traditional Crow grandparents,…

How are we doing?

October 28, 2008 in TeachingBooks.net News

How’s our blogging? We would love to hear from you with feedback on how we can best tailor this blog space to meet your needs and interests. Is there a question you have that we can answer in a blog…

Meet the spider and the fly for Halloween

October 27, 2008 in Timely Topics

The TeachingBooks Author of the Week this week is Tony DiTerlizzi. With Halloween approaching, I thought it might be fun to learn more about the inspiration, paper dolls, and thought process behind his Caldecott honor book, The Spider and the …

Meet Christopher Paolini

October 24, 2008 in Timely Topics

Christopher Paolini, the author of Eragon and Brisingr, is only a few clicks of your mouse away… so, turn on your speakers or get your headphones ready. Listen to the readings we recently created with Christopher to hear the…

Purposeful pigs!

October 21, 2008 in Timely Topics

This week’s Author of the Week is the amazing illustrator Arthur Geisert. He creates his complex illustrations with copper plate etching. Thus, the prints come out as mirror images of the etchings. Fun things to look for include: 1) His…

Creating an online reading with Sarah Dessen

October 16, 2008 in Timely Topics

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to Sarah Dessen to record her introducing and reading from her newest novel,Lock and Key. This original book reading is now live on TeachingBooks.net for you to enjoy. If you listen…

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