Mary Ann Cappiello
38 Articles
Post-Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Musings, Round Two
Some new observations about nonfiction for young people.
Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Book Award Winners | NCTE 2018
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction. Catch up with news, highlights from NCTE.
Teaching "Merci Suárez Changes Gears"
Ideas and lesson plans for Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina.
I’m Your Neighbor Books: Immigration Children’s Literature
I’m Your Neighbor Project has a mission to “Welcoming immigrants, refugees, and migrants as neighbors through the sharing of children’s literature and other stories.”
Behind the Scenes with Henry the VIII's Wives: "Fatal Throne”
Erudite scholarship. Conspicuous consumption. Music. Bawdy revels. The reign of Henry VIII is known for many contradictions. But it is likely most known for the monarch’s treatment of his wives, who tell their stories in the recently released Fatal Throne.
Teaching Ideas for 'The Night Diary'
From the SLJ blog "The Classroom Bookshelf," a lesson plan for The Night Diary written by Veera Hiranandani (Dial Books; Grades 4- 8). Includes teaching ideas, text sets, and recommended resources.
Escape from Aleppo
Escape from Aleppo Written by N.H. Senzai Published by Paula Wiseman Books, Simon and Schuster, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-4814-7217-3 Grades 5-8 Book Review In the midst of the Syrian Civil War in fall of 2013, protagonist Nadia must find her way back to her family, from whom she was separated when a bomb hit their apartment […]