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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
If you’re familiar with Beezus, Ramona, Ralph S. Mouse, or Mr. Henshaw, then you also know Beverly Bunn.
As you may have guessed, Beverly Bunn is Beverly Cleary!
I learned this when I recently called Beverly Cleary to record her…