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TeachingBooks Update

The inside scoop for maximizing TeachingBooks use—with helpful hints, new features, and strategies for encouraging others to implement and enjoy.

2018

2017

2016

2015

Exciting resources to enrich and deepen the connection to the books and authors your students read.

2018

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
February: Award Winners, Pulp Painting, and Black History Month
January: Exceptional Nonfiction and Author Grace Lin

2016

December: Storytelling, Peace, and Who Was...?
November: #TrueFriends, Running, and Conflict Resolution
October: Hats, Point of View, and Multicultural Books
September: Delight, Legends, Bilingualism, Banned Books
August: Asian American Protagonists, Writing Prompts, and School Stories
June: Historical Research, Striving for Dreams, and the Summer Olympics
May: Historical Nonfiction, Mental Health, and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
April: Historical Fiction, Poetry
March: Playful Books, Inspired Collage, and Feminist Titles
February: Award Winners, Artistic Freedom, and Magic
January: Exciting Book Awards and Typhoid Mary

2015

December: Gantos memoirs, new award winners, and research on a folktale
November: Scaredy Squirrel's Author, Steve Sheinkin, and Fiction with Nonfiction
October: Literacy Tools, Tomie dePaola, and National Award Features
September: Resources for Back-to-School
August: Graphic Novels Galore
June: Summer reading, 'Counting by 7s,' and Cece Bell
May: Jazzy Art, Youth Resistance, and New Strategies Video
April: Black history, cross-cultural communication, El Día, and primary sources
March: Balance Literacy, Leveled Text Sets, Memoirs, and Sharks
February: Award Winners, Artistic Inspiration, and Historical Nonfiction
January: Literacy Connections, Stepparents, Integration, and Nonfiction Award-winners