I’ll admit to having an affinity for true stories that focus on high stakes and high rewards as...
Read MoreIn December, with approximately 99 other librarians from across the country, I attended a Chapter Advocacy Workshop put on by ALA and AASL. We tapped into existing ALA and AASL resources and learned from peers and experts across...
Read MoreWhen I find a historically based nonfiction picture book that is also a page turner that keeps me on the edge of my seat, I know that my students are going to enjoy it. And I hope it is one that I can find primary sources to...
Read MoreAfter writing dozens of these posts and working on dozens of other picture book and primary source pairings, there are few that truly shift my thinking about how I should be teaching a topic in my school library. But that is...
Read MoreWhen reading a nonfiction picture book, I often think about how students will connect with it. When reading Harriet’s Ruffled Feathers: The Woman Who Saved Millions of Birds by Joy McCullough and Romina Galotta, I saw multiple...
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