Celebrate School Library Month This April and Celebrate You!
Celebrate School Library Month This April and Celebrate You! I love April. I love it because the...
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Bringing Joy to the Library
Joy to the Book World Books bring me joy. Give me a wall of bookshelves filled with colorful spines and I feel the stress melt away. Can teenagers relate? From my years in the library, I’d say only a handful. I...
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The Power of Connection in Your School, District, and Beyond
Last school year was difficult for a variety of reasons. On top of national news that made me feel...
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March Book Madness: A Library Tournament
Literary Tipoff March Madness excitement is in the air for sports fans. Adding books to the...
Read MoreI Don’t Read Nonfiction, Now What?
The end of first semester is a mad dash to tie up loose ends for all grade levels and content areas. For many of my English classes it also means getting in that nonfiction reading that was required, but put off during the...
Read MoreTaylor Swift, Barbie, & LatinX Back-to-School Displays
Sparks Fly in the Library Taylor Swift. The name is enough to get the attention of all teenagers (and most adults). When my Teaching Assistant suggested we use the iconic pop star as the focus for a book display, I jumped on the...
Read MoreSpeed Dating with Nonfiction Books
Every year I collaborate with the 11th-grade English teachers on a nonfiction independent reading project. The goal is to increase student agency and create excitement about literature. While many juniors initially express an...
Read MoreIntroducing High Schoolers to Research Through Webquests
Research is one of the most valuable skills we can teach learners. Because of the volume of information available online, it’s easy for children (and adults) to fall into the trap of believing everything they read. Before we go...
Read MoreWhy Stories Matter in a Data-Obsessed World
Data Driven We live in a world that is largely data driven. Teenagers, especially, are surrounded by quantifiable things. How many likes did my Instagram post get? What was your grade on the Social Studies test? Did you add...
Read MoreEngaging Nonfiction Titles for High School Students
Summer is a reading marathon for me. Each year, as I prepare to go back to my high school library, I take stock of titles I’ve read that might engage my students. I’m not always successful at motivating resistant teenage...
Read MoreFighting Anti-Semitism and Anti-Asian Hate Through Books
May is Jewish American Heritage and Asian American & Pacific Islander Month. Both these cultures contain vibrant histories. Unfortunately, something else they have in common lately is an increase in hate crimes against them....
Read MorePromoting Young Adult Books Through March Madness
Tournament Time Every year I eagerly await March Madness. Lifting me out of the mid-winter slump, the NCAA basketball tournament excites me with its college colors, team logos, energetic players, and unpredictable outcomes....
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