Teaching Readers to Think

What is your earliest reading "memory"? What are you reading? I am excited to share new (and old) titles, thoughts and ideas about books with your children, students and you! Look for a new title, teaching idea or discussion point every few days. Be sure to add your thoughts, ideas and titles to encourage readers to THINK!

Friday, July 22, 2016

S is for Sea Glass: A Beach Alphabet by Richard Michelson (Author), Doris Ettlinger (Illustrator)

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The tickle of sand on the bottom of bare feet... the taste of salt from a spray of water... the rumble-roar as waves come ashore. These ar...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Growing Up Pedro. By Matt Tavares. Illus. by the author.

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The love between brothers is key to Matt Tavares’s tale of Dominican pitcher Pedro Martínez, from his days of throwing rocks at mangoes to...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by Catherine Thimmesh (Author), Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)

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In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious...
Friday, July 1, 2016

The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

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Award-winning author and illustrator Ashley Spires has created a charming picture book about an unnamed girl and her very best friend, ...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

The War That Saved My Life Paperback – by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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*2016 Newbery Honor book *Winner of the 2016 Schneider Family Book Award This  New York Times  bestseller is an exceptionally moving story...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzouli

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With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Our Great Big Backyard – by Laura Bush (Author), Jenna Bush Hager (Author), Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)

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To help commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the National Park Service, #1  New York Times  bestselling authors former First Lady...
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