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…
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 …
2nd Children’s Poet Laureate: a walking rhyming dictionary
Congratulations to Mary Ann Hoberman who has recently been named the 2nd Children’s Poet Laureate by The Poetry Foundation.
If you try an author search for Mary Ann Hoberman, you’ll find many resources on TeachingBooks.net including book guides, her author…