NEW Educator Tools

In our quest to powerfully enrich connections to books and authors — particularly during this time when efficiencies seem more vital than ever — TeachingBooks has developed new tools to empower and simplify your literature outreach and support.

Dive in and enjoy. And if you would, please drop me a note with your insights and responses. I'd love that.

We hope these new components keep personalizing and adding joy to the children's and young adult books read in your community.

With health and well wishes,

Nick Glass, TeachingBooks Founder & Executive Director
nick@TeachingBooks.net

PS: Bookmarked is the new name for our monthly newsletter, previously known as "Nick's Picks."

Featured Booklist: Children's Africana Book Awards, 1992-2020

The Children's Africana Book Awards, started in 1992, honors outstanding books on Africa published or republished in the United States. Recent years have highlighted experiences and stories set in Botswana, Côte D'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, and Uganda.

Behind the Books: "Take a Breath" by Scot Ritchie

In this month's guest blog post, Scot Ritchie traces his journey from a panic attack to a children's book. He also explains why it's important that Follow Your Breath (Kids Can Press, 2020) describes multiple methods for achieving mindfulness.

Read Scot Ritchie's Guest Blog Post now.

Laura Lee Gulledge on The Dark Matter of Mona Starr

Laura Lee Gulledge, author of the Eisner Award-nominated book Page by Paige, joins the Virtual Book Tour to share the inspiration for her latest graphic novel, The Dark Matter of Mona Starr (Abrams, 2020), that explores the topic of mental health.

Meet-the-Author Recording: Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami

This month, Uma Krishnaswami reveals how she came upon the idea for her picture book Book Uncle and Me (Groundwood Books, 2016), the story of a young book-loving girl in India and her activism to save a special lending library.

Listen to this Meet-the-Author Recording.

Browse all of the TeachingBooks Meet-the-Author Recordings.

Listen In with Matthew Winner & The Children's Book Podcast

Charles Waters is the co-author (or co-poet, if you like) of Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A-Z (Carolrhoda Books, 2020). And this might be the book I'll be handing most to teachers and students this year. Its unique format approaches social justice and global change through poems. It's an invitation for readers to think critically about their world. Plus, Charles performs some of the poems and it is awesome!

Join Us for Our New Fall 2020 Webinar Spotlight Series

Energize literacy instruction with digital resources from TeachingBooks that connect readers to titles. These 20-minute webinars showcase strategies and integration ideas. Once registered, you will receive reminders prior to the webinar and a recording afterward.

Newly Refreshed: The TeachingBooks Blog

Have you explored The TeachingBooks Blog recently? Sign up for notifications and we'll deliver exclusive posts from guest authors, virtual book tours from recently-published authors and illustrators, monthly opportunities to win books, and strategies for using TeachingBooks resources in your learning spaces.

Contests & Giveaways

Check out our August Contests & Giveaways, accompanied by multimedia resources!

• Lulu the One and Only by Lynnette Mawhinney (Magination Press, 2020)
• How to Live on the Edge by Sarah Lynn Scheerger (Lerner, 2020)
• After the Worst Thing Happens by Audrey Vernick (Holiday House, 2020)
• Honeybee by Candace Fleming (Holiday House, 2020)
• And more!

See the August Contests & Giveaways on our blog.

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