The sound of poetry
A few weeks ago I spoke with the author and poet, Naomi Shihab Nye, to record her introducing and reading from some of her poems and her novel Habibi. It was fascinating and exciting to hear Naomi read her…
Playing in the garden
I love it when customers ask questions. Sometimes it’s about the content of (i.e., resources within) the database. Other times, it’s about how to find the content.
Alyssa, one of our Educational Outreach Coordinators, came back from a conference the…
And you thought Chrysanthemum was hard!
If you’ve ever read Kevin Henkes’ book Chrysanthemum, then you know about the importance of names.
The power and pride that comes with names is part of what motivated TeachingBooks to create a collection of brief recordings of author…
See the real Keeping Quilt…
When I was in elementary school, my mom (a K-12 art teacher) came home from a conference with new picture books for my sister and me. At the conference my mom met Patricia Polacco and received signed copies of The …
Celebrate all year round
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,…
Meet the spider and the fly for Halloween
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 …