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Contests & Giveaways | September 2020

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Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

Contests & Giveaways | August 2020

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Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

Contests & Giveaways | July 2020

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Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

TeachingBooks and the Blended Learning, Technology-Rich Environment (Part 2)

June 29, 2020 in Featured Resources, TeachingBooks in Action, Tips for Using TeachingBooks.net 0

In this second installment, we offer specific examples for applying the resources you can find on TeachingBooks into a Blended Learning, Technology-Rich Environment. Be sure to read Part 1!

TeachingBooks and the Blended Learning, Technology-Rich Environment (Part 1)

June 17, 2020 in Featured Resources, TeachingBooks in Action, Tips for Using TeachingBooks.net 0

Use the resources on TeachingBooks to increase opportunities for student choice, support teacher-led instruction, and facilitate the integration of each into a blended learning, technology-rich environment.

Contests & Giveaways | June 2020

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Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

Scaffolding Instruction to Support All Readers

May 25, 2020 in Featured Resources, TeachingBooks in Action, Tips for Using TeachingBooks.net 0

Consider these strategies to enhance engagement and comprehension of assigned texts using the resources on TeachingBooks. Design the literary experience before, during, and after reading a book.

Contests & Giveaways | May 2020

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Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

author Kara LaReau and the cover of her book Baby Clown

Kara LaReau on Baby Clown

April 30, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours 0

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Kara LaReau speaks about her picture book Baby Clown.

Contests & Giveaways | April 2020

April 10, 2020 in Contests and Giveaways 0

Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

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Great art can inspire more great art! We talked to artist Lynn Curlee about how a dancer inspired him to create a series of paintings and then THE GREAT NIJINSKY - teachingbooks.net/qlgtj4k @charlesbridge

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It's Virtual Book Tour day with Kalynn Bayron! Visit our blog to hear the author talk about her new fairy tale defying YA novel, Cinderella is Dead. An exclusive author recording and teaching resources are included. @bloomsburykids @KalynnBayron forum.teachingbooks.net/2020/09/kalynn…

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Count along with @meliwai and some cats in CHANUKAH LIGHTS EVERYWHERE! We loved hearing about how she illustrated this book - teachingbooks.net/qlz9g8j @HMHKids

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Tip of the Day - 5 ideas for Touchless Book Choosing Whether you organize curbside pick up, take a cart into classrooms, or still allow readers to explore options in your library, we have 5 ideas to hook readers and help them choose titles to read. youtu.be/RtJXitzrLXQ

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Imagine if everyone planted story seeds the garden we could grow! We talked to @AnikaDenise about PLANTING STORIES and Pura Belpre - teachingbooks.net/ql3x6rp @HarperCollinsCh

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Listen to stories about elections and voting. Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box by Michael S. Bandy, teachingbooks.net/qlog69c Candlewick Press

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We love when illustrations give us more information than we got from the text alone! @meliwai told us about how she fleshed out the family and world of NIGHT SHIFT DADDY with illustrations - teachingbooks.net/qlieczn @LittleBrownYR

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It's Virtual Book Tour day with Tessa Allen! Visit our blog to hear the debut author talk about her timely new picture book, Sometimes People March. A sneak peek into her studio and activities are included. forum.teachingbooks.net/2020/09/tessa-… @HarperCollinsCh

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Sometimes seeing a place makes it's history more real. @AndrewFukuda talked to us about THIS LIGHT BETWEEN US and how that happened to him - teachingbooks.net/ql6omya @torteen

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Did you know that a Japanese pilot dropped a bomb on the US mainland during WWII? We talked to @meliwai about researching it for THIRTY MINUTES OVER OREGON - teachingbooks.net/ql26rbg @HMHKids

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It's Virtual Book Tour day with Claribel A. Ortega! Visit our blog to hear the author talk about her debut middle grade novel, Ghost Squad. An exclusive recording and activities are included. forum.teachingbooks.net/2020/09/clarib… @Claribel_Ortega @Scholastic

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Do you like to bake? What are your favorite recipes? We talked to @jamiesumner_ about the ups, downs, and baking of ROLL WITH IT - teachingbooks.net/qlwbosf @SimonKIDS

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Listen to the stories of the fight for rights as shared by authors and illustrators with Meet-the-Author recording like this one. A Lady Has the Floor by Kate Hannigan teachingbooks.net/qlaogx3 Calkins Creek Books