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Three Vibrant Picture Books To Teach Big Content
All of these books used color as a vehicle to tell a much larger story.
Book Review: If I Built a Car, by Chris Van Dusen
Summer is coming! Banish the “I’m bored” gremlins by sparking creativity in your kids or students!
Website Review: Timeline.ly
What a powerful little tool! I found Timeline.ly because I wanted a way for students to be able to “annotate” videos, particularly as we were studying media literacy. I had imagined a tool in my head that would allow them to tag it at certain points to point out techniques or messages that were used […]
Gifts for Book Lovers
For the book nerds (self-professed or otherwise), budding librarians, and the literarily-inclined, we proudly present a collection of bookish gifts sure to please anyone on your list, in any price range! TwelveSouth BookBook (Vintage Leather iPad Case) – The perfect blend of modern and old school! Illustrated Dictionary of Snark: A Snide, Sarcastic Guide to Verbal […]
Book Review: Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story, by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Why I Picked It Up: I had been searching for upper elementary novels with some “meat”, something that would spark curiosity and make students think more globally. I can’t tell you how many books made my Amazon cart that day (because then I’d have to admit I have a problem), but this one stood out as […]
