Share Book Resources with Everyone

Imagine if everyone in your community had immediate access to insights about the books they are reading. With the newly expanded sharing tools on TeachingBooks, you can now give any of our resources or any webpage to a student, colleague, family member, or the general public — and no one will ever need to sign in to access and enjoy these materials.

For example, immediately enjoy this collection of materials on Jerry Craft's Coretta Scott King & Newbery-winning New Kid (HarperCollins, 2019) with this sharing URL.

As you can see below, when you click the arrow on any TeachingBooks page, a box opens with options to share this resource on any platform or to simply distribute translatable QR Code printables.

Give it a try. Look up any book or resource, and then share away. And to reiterate, the recipient of these materials never needs to sign in, use any additional software, or do anything other than enjoy their connection to the shared book and author.

Let me know how it goes. Best,

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

Behind the Books: Discussing Race in the Classroom with Lynnette Mawhinney

Dr. Lynnette Mawhinney joins the TeachingBooks Author Blog with reflections on her experience as a biracial student, a teacher, and most recently as an author — Lulu the One and Only (Magination Press, 2020). As she reveals her commitment to making sure students of color feel visible in the books they read, she offers strategies for discussing race in the classroom.

Read Lynnette Mawhinney's Guest Blog Post now.

Meet-the-Author Recording: Merci Suárez Changes Gears By Meg Medina

Meg Medina loves her character Merci because she is fun, spirited, and has a big energized family. But sad things happen in all families, and in this Meet-the-Author Recording about the Newbery Medal-winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears (Candlewick Press, 2018), Meg reflects on those times when we lean into family and the people who love us.

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

Resources Aligned to Your Reading Programs

TeachingBooks strives to deepen and personalize each reader's connection to the books that they are reading. If your students are using any literacy program, TeachingBooks would love to give you one link, with resources that can be instantly accessed by everyone in your community.

For example, click on the links below. Or freely search our site for your community's reading programs, make your own custom reading list, or email us a list of titles, and we'll give you back materials that bring these books to life.

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A Ride through History with Candace Fleming

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour provides opportunities to build personal connections with new books and the authors who write them.

This month TeachingBooks welcomes award-winning author Candace Fleming as she stops by the Virtual Book Tour to talk about her latest young adult biography, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh (Schwartz & Wade, 2020).

Featured Booklist: ALSC Graphic Novels Reading List

Started in 2011, the ALSC Graphic Novel Reading Lists highlight core graphic titles for students in grades K-8. The list includes classics and highly recommended new titles with both popular and critical success.

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

Poet Mahogany L. Browne closes the author note of Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice (Roaring Brook Press, 2020) with the line "Don't sleep." Browne challenges children in this picture book poem collection to identify their strengths alongside their blindspots in order to get woke and be agents of change in their worlds. What results is lasting, affirming, and powerful. Listen to the work and intention behind this book on this recent episode of The Children's Book Podcast, perfect listening for ears of all ages.

Center Stage with Reader's Theater

The curtain is rising on Reader's Theater fun! Loved by readers, teachers, and librarians because it makes words come alive! Enhance literacy instruction with ideas to use in your classroom or library.

• Locate ready to use scripts
• Engage readers to enhance comprehension
• Use reader's theater to create writing opportunities

Contests & Giveaways

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

• Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections by Jeff Fleischer
• The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss
• Lucy McGee Series by Mary Amato
• Who Will it Be: How Evolution Connects Us All by Paola Vitale
• and more!

See the May Contests & Giveaways on our blog.