New: Instant Resources for Your Language Arts Reading Programs

If your schools have invested in a trade book literacy program, TeachingBooks can now provide one link filled with impactful resources that deepen connections to the very titles in your program.

Explore our sample collections with resources aligned to language arts reading programs. You can also build your own custom reading list. Or, if you have district-wide programs, you can email us a list of titles that you use and we'll give you instructional materials that bring these books to life.

Then, once you have the TeachingBooks list of resources, embed it as an interactive display to enable instant access to resources on your webpages or learning management systems.

As always, contact us if we can be of assistance. We would love to help deepen and personalize the connection your readers have with the texts in your reading programs.

Nick Glass
Founder & Head
TeachingBooks and Book Connections
nick@TeachingBooks.net

In Memoriam: Legends Who Passed in 2021

Arnold Adoff, George Ancona, Byrd Baylor, Eric Carle, Beverly Cleary, Floyd Cooper, Lois Ehlert, Patricia Reilly Giff, Eloise Greenfield, bell hooks, Norton Juster, Kathleen Krull, Gary Paulsen, Jerry Pinkney, April Pulley Sayre, and others are remembered in the newly developed In Memoriam webpage: TeachingBooks.net/InMemoriam

Behind the Books: "How I Choose Biographical Subjects"

Newbery honoree Carole Boston Weatherford is a prolific biographer. Learn how she chooses her subjects in her guest blog post.

Meet-the-Author Recording: Our Little Kitchen with Jillian Tamaki

When neighbors gather to make a weekly meal together, beautiful things can happen. In this Meet-the-Author Recording, author and illustrator Jillian Tamaki shares an excerpt and illustration from her Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award winner Our Little Kitchen (Abrams, 2020) and describes how volunteering at a food program inspired her to write the story.

Wade Hudson on Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South

Wade Hudson talks to us about his new memoir for middle grade readers, Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South (Penguin, 2021). Visit the Virtual Book Tour to listen to the award-winning author share a personal story of triumph and resilience that inspired his lifelong career as a writer and book publisher.

Jennifer Richard Jacobson on Teaching and Writing

In a recent For Teachers, By Teachers post, author Jennifer Richard Jacobson shares and explains three coaching techniques she uses with young writers to help them trust their own voice and recognize the power of their own thoughts. Read her post to find out more about those techniques.

Featured Booklist: Bisexual Book Award, 2012-2020

Explore resources for these award-winning titles honored by the Bi Writers Association (BWA). Each year, BWA selects the best books with bi+/bisexual/pansexual/fluid characters, bisexual themes, or bisexual material to highlight this often-overlooked part of the queer community.

Watch Lisa Fipps Compete in the Author Fan Face-off

The book trivia face-off is back! What do dueling doctors, celestial objects with pep, and bouncy backyard activities have in common? They are all answers in this week’s Author Fan Face-off! Learn why Lisa Fipps loves making up words and hates naming characters as she competes with mega-fan Katie answering questions about Starfish (Penguin, 2021).

Support English Language Learners

Strengthen collaborative support of English Language Learners and their families with the resources and tools on TeachingBooks.

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