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Towers Falling
Towers Falling Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes Published by Little, Brown and Company 2016 ISBN 978-0-316-26222-4 Grades 4-8 Book Review “Six weeks at a new school has changed everything. School didn’t teach me everything about 9/11. Still, I understand a lot more. I understand some of the enormous hurt to families, my family, and country” […]
A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket Written by Deborah Hopkinson Published by Alfred A. Knopf Publishing ISBN: 978-0-385-75499-6 Grades 4-8 Book Review “These days, when anyone asks, I say I’m an American, New York City-born. And why not? Because, in a way, I was born here.” Rocco Zaccaro is ripped away from […]
A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket Written by Deborah Hopkinson Published by Alfred A. Knopf Publishing ISBN: 978-0-385-75499-6 Grades 4-8 Book Review “These days, when anyone asks, I say I’m an Ameri...
The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot Written and Illustrated by Peter Brown Published by Little, Brown April 2016 ISBN: 978-0-316-38199-4 Note: This review was written using an advanced reading copy. Grades 4-8 Book Review "As you may know, robots don't really feel emotions. Not the way animals do. And yet, as she sat in her broken crate, Roz felt something like curiosity." So, too, will readers of popular
Drowned City - 2016 Orbis Pictus Winner, Sibert Honor
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans Written and Illustrated by Don Brown Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children ISBN: 978-0-544-15777-4 Grades 7 and Up In the interest of full disclosure, we want our readers to know that Mary Ann served on the Orbis Pictus Committee that selected Drowned City as its 2016 winner. Book Review “A swirl of unremarkable wind leaves
Congratulations, ALA Youth Media and NCTE Award Winners
Congratulations to all of the ALA Youth Media Award winners announced this morning in Boston, as well as the Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Awards from NCTE, announced at the NCTE Convention back in November. Over the next few weeks, we will cover so...
Best Books 2015, Happy New Year 2016
Photo by Mary Ann Cappiello We wish all of you a peaceful and joyous holiday season. On January 4th, we’ll be back with a regular posting. In the meantime, we wanted to share a collection of "Best of 2015" lists. Please feel free to add to our collection of links by submitting a favorite "best of" listing of your own in a comment. We look forward to the full slate of ALA Youth Media Awards
When Racing to the Top Slows Us Down | On Common Core
In many states where the CCSS have been adopted and RttT funds accepted, educators are feeling beleagured.
What We Learned | Crafting Standards-Based Lessons
Crafting standards-based lessons has taught our 'Curriculum Connections' columnists a thing or two. They share their insights in this article.
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