Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. Hey readers! Time to share the books I've been reading this month! I'm publishing this a bit early (normally it's… Continue reading June 2021: Recent Reads
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Fables, Folklore, and Fairy Tales: 10 Delightful Retellings for Kids and Adults
Photo by Olya Kobruseva from Pexels This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. We're in the midst of a "fractured fairy tale" unit in 4th grade ELA right now (last unit of the year!). How… Continue reading Fables, Folklore, and Fairy Tales: 10 Delightful Retellings for Kids and Adults
April 2021: Recent Reads
Photo by Anthony on Pexels.com This post contains links to things I recommend! Some of those links may be affiliate links, which means, at no extra cost to you, I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links. Please read full disclosure for more information. This month went by in the blink of an eye! And… Continue reading April 2021: Recent Reads
Things Good Readers Do: Find “Just Right” Books
Who's ready to learn about the habits that good readers develop? If you haven't read the series introduction, check it out so you know where we're going in this blog post and future ones. In Part 1, we're going to be focusing on the habits that good readers practice and in Part 2, we'll take… Continue reading Things Good Readers Do: Find “Just Right” Books
February 2021: Recent Reads
February is often seen as a month of romance and all that jazz, but for most of my life, it's been more about birthdays - particularly mine 🙂 And while the last half of January was pretty stressful and I didn't find much time to read (or much worth reading), I made up for it… Continue reading February 2021: Recent Reads
Author Spotlight: Alivia Puterbaugh
As part of Children's Authors and Illustrators Week, I decided to have a chat with a couple of friends who are published authors (or aspire to be). I wanted to hear more about the process and inspiration behind their creation of stories and illustrations, and I had so much fun hearing about their process of… Continue reading Author Spotlight: Alivia Puterbaugh
10 Notable Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators
Jump to the Book List This week is Children's Authors and Illustrators week, where we get to highlight the incredible people who create engaging texts for kids of all ages. I have a few different posts planned for you, and I am excited to share them with you! Last week, I wrote about what parents… Continue reading 10 Notable Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators
January 2021: Recent Reads
It's that time again! We're already halfway through January. Seems a little mind-bendy, if you ask me. Here in Ecuador, first semester doesn't end before Christmas; it ends the last week of January. So we're busy doing end-of-semester things like report cards and mid-year assessments. And trying to keep our chins up amidst more online… Continue reading January 2021: Recent Reads
Top Middle Grade Reads of 2020
Part 3 (of 3) Delightfully for me, reading middle grade books is part of my job. I suppose reading as many as I do is not *actually* part of my job description. But after reading about how one teacher knows all the books in her classroom library so she can better recommend books to different… Continue reading Top Middle Grade Reads of 2020
Top 5 Fiction Reads of 2020
As promised, here is my first installment of: My criteria for including titles on this list are a combination of most of these: I ranked it with 5 stars on GoodreadsIt stuck with me for a long time after reading itIt made me thinkThe writing itself was beautiful, the characters were well-developed, and/or the storyline… Continue reading Top 5 Fiction Reads of 2020
a Look at a Book 