Empowering Deep Dives into Favorite Books

TeachingBooks exists to empower readers of children's and young adult books with personalized, deep dives into the very books they are reading. With more than 260,000 resources, games, and insights that are ready to use, we are poised to help everyone in your community build meaningful connections to books and authors.

Browse our collection to immediately identify titles that meet your needs. For example, bring to life books that match your requested grade level, genre, format, cultural experience, type of resource, and more.

TeachingBooks also has developed thematic "Special Collections", including Early Childhood, Diverse Books, TeachingBooks Originals, and more.

We are here to enrich connections to the books read in your community. Please email me if we can be of any assistance with your reading activities.

And of course, all of us at TeachingBooks wish you a safe and happy fall 2021.

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

Behind the Books: "Writing for the Courage and Capability of Young Readers"

Maggie P. Chang describes how her new graphic novel, Geraldine Pu and Her Lunch Box, Too! (Simon & Schuster, 2021), nurtures young people toward independence as both readers and people.

Meet-the-Author Recording: Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh

In this recording, Duncan Tonatiuh shares what drew him to the life of Mexican artist Guadalupe Posada in his Sibert Medal-winning book Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras (Abrams, 2015).

Laura Silverman on Up All Night

Laura Silverman collaborates with other award-winning young adult authors in her latest collection of short stories that brings diverse voices and unique perspectives on what happens when you're Up All Night (Workman, 2021). Visit our tour to learn more about the inspiration for this anthology.

Matthew Burgess on Teaching and Writing

In this For Teachers, By Teachers post, author Matthew Burgess shares how he tries to nurture student curiosity and creativity during his classroom visits and in his book Bird Boy (Knopf, 2021).

Featured Booklist: Outstanding International Books

Celebrate children's publishing from around the world with USBBY's Outstanding International Books List. Help build international understanding in your classroom, library, or home using the resources associated with these best-of-the-best import titles.

Watch Kwame Alexander Compete in the Author Fan Face-off

TeachingBooks is delighted to launch this new column for our monthly Bookmarked newsletter — Author Fan Face-off. These fabulously fun trivia contests always star a student, two authors, and a librarian! Steve Sheinkin, the Newbery and National Book Award honoree, teams up with Librarian Leaps blogger Stacey Rattner to playfully ask provocative questions to a book's super-fan and its author.

This month's Face-off features mega-fan Stephen and Kwame Alexander answering questions about The Crossover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014).

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

As Bookmarked thanks Matthew Winner and wishes him the best on the launching of "Worth Noting: A Kids Podcast About Current Events", we celebrate his conversation with Nikki Grimes discussing Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance (Bloomsbury, 2021).

Using Graphic Novels to Help Teach Events in History

Graphic novels offer exciting access to learning about history and historical events. With digestible formats and engaging visuals, graphic books draw readers in and introduce, teach, and complement your lessons. Explore the resources in this TeachingBooks in Action post with students of all reading and grade levels.

Enhance Instruction with TeachingBooks

This month's webinar explores teaching tools, including video and audio recordings with authors, book trailers, vocabulary lists, and more. You'll discover how easy it is to find resources that expand the experiences your readers can have with books.

Contests & Giveaways

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

• How Do We Stop Climate Change? by Tom Jackson and Dragan Kordić (Insight, 2021)
• Goodbye, Old House by Margaret Wild and Ann James (Blue Dot Kids Press, 2021)
• How to Win a Slime War by Mae Respicio (Random House, 2021)
• Threads of Peace by Uma Krishnaswami (Simon & Schuster, 2021)
• and more!

See the September Contests & Giveaways on our blog.

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