Mentoring in the Middle: book descriptions
This is a book to get excited about!   I listen to audiobooks on some days when I walk.  It may be that the voices Shayna Small created for ...
  This is one of the oddest, most charming books I've read in a while!  It works as a picture book, a book for young readers, and could ...
  Are you looking for a good book to keep your students reading?  This Young Readers Edition of Erica Armstrong Dunbar's book tells a li...
  " So, we're going to treat the Revolutionary War like a football game, okay?  Because that's what it was like, one team advan...
  Tip:  There are so many things to like about Dry by Neal Shusterman, and if heart-pounding action is what you're looking for, it's...
I love books!  I love reading them and I especially love introducing students to them.   So it should come as no surprise that I enjoy makin...
Whether you are in your classroom with strategically placed desks or teaching remotely this Fall, a tool you're going to want to take ad...
If you're an upper elementary or middle school teacher, you've most likely heard of Alan Gratz, the author of Refugee, Grenade, Proj...
It's summer and your kids say they don't want to read.  "Reading is boring.  I did that at school!  I want to take a break!&quo...
Where does this author come up with all of his crazy-wonderful ideas?  From The Honest Truth  to Some Kind of Courage  to Scar Island (whi...
This book!   Kate Messner, you threw me a curve ball!   I was reading along, chuckling at some of the antics Charlie had gotten...
As a Reading teacher with a large library, I want to introduce students to my books, but I also want to start reading aloud to them.  Th...
Imagine having to plan your escape from your home.  You can't speak to anyone about it, but you know it will happen soon.  And it t...