Newsletter Archive
Nick's Picks
Exciting resources to enrich and deepen the connection to the books and authors your students read.
2020
- April: Home Access, New Books, Celebrating Math, and Tomie dePaola
- March: Women's History Month and a NEW Collection Analysis Tool
- February: Book Award Bonanza, Author Interviews, Classic Stories Reimagined, and More
- January: New Training Tools, Awesome Podcast, Amazing Booklist, Great Interviews, and more
2019
- December: Top 10 Author Pronunciations, Transitioning from Illustrator to Writer, CSMCL Best of 2019, and Marc Tyler Nobleman
- November: Speedy Scanning, Book-to-Movie Adaptations, Beginning of Best Books 2019, and "Thank You, Omu!"
- October: Phones, Tablets, Halloween, Latinx Titles, and the Science of Magic
- September: Little Women, Spies, Outstanding Science Trade Books, and Tochi Onyebuchi
- August: The New TeachingBooks, Toni Morrison, Lee Bennett Hopkins, the Carter G. Woodson Award, and The Power of History
- May: National Parks, Promoting Reading, Science Fiction, and Home
- April: Inclusive Summer Reading List, Changing Preconceived Notions, Novelist Mark Oshiro, and more!
- March: Generational Experiences of Immigration, Mongolian Falconry, and the Anna Dewdney Read Together Award
- February: Awards 2019
- January: STEM, WWI, Representation, and a New TeachingBooks Feature
2018
- December: Facilitating Collaborative Book Discussions, Diving into History, and Notable Social Studies Trade Books
- November: Connecting to the Books We Read
- October: Mathical Book Award, Amazing Writers on Writing, and Enhanced Access Points for TeachingBooks
- September: Interactive Tutorial, Injustices to Action, Illustrating Like a Photographer, 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
- August: Pronouncing Authors' Names, Writing to Create Readers, Envisioning Fantasy Worlds, Depicting Ethnicity
- June: Our staff, LGBTQ characters, global history, and multicultural books to read with children
- May: New movie with David Wiesner, Making good choices, Developing artists, and Children's Africana Book Award
- April: Summer Reading, Researching Judy Moody, Identity in Graphic Novels, and STEM Picture Books
- March: 2018 Book Awards, Women Spies, Art and Story and Women's History Month
- February: New overview, talking animals, family stories, finding your voice and award winners
- January: CSK Book Awards, Muslim Kids as Heroes, Wilderness Adventures, and Cuban Culture
2017
- December: Enriching evaluation and award-winning Jasons
- November: Qualitative Measures, Language, and Discoveries
- September: Current Events, TeachingBooks.net Widgets, Writing Insights on Forgotten and Living History
- August: Instructional Resources, Writing Insights, and Cross-Cultural Experiences
- July: Oldies and Goodies
- June: Social Media, Being a Scribe, Poetry, and Summer Reading
- May: Objects of Inspiration, Summer Reading, and Justice Discussions
- April: Arab American Heritage Month and the Process of Writing
- March: Sorting and Women's History Month
TeachingBooks Update
The inside scoop for maximizing TeachingBooks use—with helpful hints, new features, and strategies for encouraging others to implement and enjoy.
2020
- May: Timely Support and More
- February: Have You Met? New Shelf Talkers are Available!
- January: New TeachingBooks Overview Video
2019
- December: Roster, Refresh, & Train
- November: Setup, Roster, & Embed
- October: Introducing the Instruct section
- September: Redesigned and Enhanced Site
- April: Promote Summer Reading
- March: New Ways to Support All Readers
- February: New Clever, ClassLink, and LTI integrations
2018
- December: Customizable Lessons
- October: Resources for Deep Conversations
- September: Setting Up TeachingBooks for Success
- May: Keep in touch
- April: Dive Into Summer Reading
- February: New year - new features and big moves
2017