Maya needs a little help from her friends to carry out her perfect plan for the perfect fort. Perfect for teaching adjectives and superlatives, this relatable story has a great social studies connection as well!
Social Studies
Book Review: American Desi, by Jyoti Rajan Gopal
As a “third culture kid,” this story hits close to home, and will for many students as well as they explore the theme of identity and belonging through amazing sensory description and incredible word choice!
Book Review: Lemons, by Melissa Savage
Why I Picked It Up: This summer, we went through a LOT of audio books. I have my go-to authors, but we’d pretty much exhausted those, so I was browsing some middle-grade novel blogs and Lemons jumped out, probably because of the upside-down Bigfoot on the front. My son likes mythical creatures, and I was […]
Book Review: Outside, Inside, by Leuyen Pham
Why I Picked It Up: During our back-to-school meetings, an administrator said to us that we had 2nd graders who had never known school before COVID! It really painted a picture that had eluded me. I am coaching teachers in a hybrid model that seemed tough on its own, but I realized that their kids […]
Book Review: The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, by Laura Shovan
Why I Picked It Up: This novel-in-verse was part of our Newer Choices in Young Adult Lit session and I think I can blame it on Jessica! Why I Finished It: Poetry is definitely not one of my favorite things to read, but I do love novels-in-verse for a few reasons: 1) they’re a quick read. […]
Short and Sweet, by Josh Funk
Love at First Browse… We fell in love with Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast back in November 2015. The new, eye-catching duo was placed tauntingly in a centralized display at Barnes and Noble. Unsure of what to expect, we slowly perused the adventures of the exquisite pair. By the end, we were hooked and […]
