Book & Author Resources in Every Search Result

If your students have Chromebooks or other devices, we encourage you to add the TeachingBooks Chrome Extension to instantly connect readers to children's and YA books every time they conduct a Google search. Using these step-by-step directions to deploy the TeachingBooks Book Connections Chrome Extension, you can insure that all of your students receive recommended book titles and immediate access to resources.

Search for any subject, topic, book title, favorite series, author, or award, and voilà! Search results in the upper right corner will include:

• Suggested titles
• Direct access to book and author resources
• Read-along audiobook performances
• Video book trailers and more

Let me know what you think as TeachingBooks keeps striving to deepen everyone's connections to the wonderful world of books. Thank you,

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

Attend the Ashley Bryan Video Tribute

In recognition of the important contributions of Ashley Bryan, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table is launching the Ashley Bryan Video Tribute on September 15, and all are welcome to join. The video will be shared in the first hour followed by a Q&A.

Free Vooks Storytime Titles and Resources!

TeachingBooks is partnering with Vooks to provide an open-access collection of titles and resources for everyone in your community—including 35 Vooks animated storybooks! Remember your favorite picture book as a kid? Now, imagine that story unfolding right before your eyes—the pictures start moving, music begins playing in the background, a voice starts narrating the words aloud. It would be like watching a cartoon...but it's actually your favorite book!

For this school year, TeachingBooks and Vooks give you permission to freely embed, link to, and share this engaging, fun content directly from your school and library webpages. Visit the link below, or contact us for assistance.

Access to these videos and other materials is free for anyone to use for educational purposes for the entire 2022/23 school year, through June 15, 2023.

Meet-the-Author and Illustrator Recording: This Is a School with John Schu and Veronica Miller Jamison

In this Meet-the-Author/Illustrator Recording of This Is a School (Candlewick, 2022), and in honor of Welcoming Week, discover how author John Schu and illustrator Veronica Miller Jamison celebrate the power of connection and community they hope students feel as they start school.

Jyoti Rajan Gopal on Teaching and Writing

In this For Teachers, By Teachers post, author Jyoti Rajan Gopal describes how her kindergartners' love of creating stories from their lived experiences inspired her to be authentic in writing her debut picture book, American Desi (Little, Brown, 2022).

Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee on Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild

Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee talked to us about their latest collaboration, Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild (Readers to Eaters, 2022). Visit the tour to hear the award-winning authors share what inspired them to write about the food activist and what they hope young readers will learn from his work.

Featured Booklist: Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2022

Do these classic titles bring back fond memories for you? Over 300 titles have been honored by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee since its inception in 1970. Explore the resources associated with this collection of modern and historical books celebrating the African American experience.

Behind the Books: "Putting the Puzzle Together"

How is writing narrative nonfiction like completing a jigsaw puzzle? Find out in this month's Guest Author post, where Sibert Award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone shares her experience writing Peace is a Chain Reaction (Candlewick, 2022).

Watch Lauren Wolk Compete in the Author Fan Face-off

This month's Face-off features mega-fan Mercy and Lauren Wolk answering questions about Wolf Hollow (Penguin Random House, 2016). How many details can you remember about this compelling historical fiction tale of overcoming bullying and injustice?

Back to School with TeachingBooks

As students return to your classrooms and libraries, enjoy these quick ideas for icebreakers, back-to-school nights, and getting-to-know-you activities!

TeachingBooks Updates & Newest Features

Be among the first to see the latest tools and resources on TeachingBooks! From new resources to website updates and enhancements, there is always something to discover!

Contests & Giveaways

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

• Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist by Terry Catasús Jennings and Rosita Stevens-Holsey (Little Bee, 2022)
• Big Bear and Little Fish by Sandra Nickel and Il Sung Na (Lerner, 2022)
• Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Press, 2022)
• A set of Biome Explorers books by Laura Perdew and Lex Cornell (Nomad Press, 2022)
• And More!

See the September Contests & Giveaways on our blog.

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