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April 2024 Edition
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NEW: Early Childhood and Science of Reading Support
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Early childhood literacy offerings are now expanded on TeachingBooks! Find new classifications and printable activities to extend Science of Reading/phonetical instruction.
- Identify popular picture books that reinforce your instruction.
- Select titles by phonics/phonetical awareness classifications, including vowel and consonant sounds, alliteration, rhyming, and more.
- Provide students with printable worksheets for the different phonetical sounds and extend reading instruction in the library, home, or classroom.
Explore the expanded Early Childhood offerings and let us know how you're using these new resources!
Our best, The TeachingBooks Team
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Support for Your Poetry Month Lessons
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April is National Poetry month! Delight in this genre with our collection of rich resources that honor and celebrate poets and poetry. Browse our Poetry Collection, discover interactive activities, and create Multi-Leveled Lessons—each designed to support and extend read alouds and literacy instruction.
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Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story with Reem Faruqi
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Reem Faruqi, author of Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story (Tilbury House, 2015), drew inspiration from her own experiences moving from Abu Dhabi to Georgia, where she struggled to explain Ramadan fasting to her classmates. Infusing personal anecdotes and emotions into the story, the narrative serves as a tool for Muslim children to discuss Ramadan in diverse settings.
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Behind the Books: "The Trouble with "Unlikable""
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When sharing the early drafts of her novel Not Like Other Girls (Bloomsbury, 2024), Meredith Adamo would warn, "She's abrasive at first, but she gets better, I promise!" In her Guest Blog post, Adamo reflects on writing a narrator labeled "unlikeable" and what that label says about the character, her readers, and their expectations of girls.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month!
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Did you know readers can enjoy eighteen free and instantly accessible poetry titles within the Sora Starter Collection? Explore book guides, activities, and lessons on TeachingBooks to bring these titles to life!
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Featured Booklist: Ezra Jack Keats Award
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The Ezra Jack Keats Award takes pride in its mission to recognize and support early career authors who craft diverse books that celebrate family and community for our youngest readers. Explore this curated list to discover emerging picture book authors and illustrators poised to become the future luminaries of the children's book industry.
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Watch Jerry Craft Compete in the Author-Fan Face-off
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This month's Face-off features mega-fan Naia and Jerry Craft answering questions about New Kid (HarperCollins, 2019). Follow seventh-grader Jordan Banks as he adjusts to a new school in this funny and timely award-winning graphic novel.
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Reader's Theater Takes Center Stage!
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Experience the joy of Reader's Theater as words leap from the script and take center stage. Enjoy five seamless ways to use scripts in classrooms and library programming.
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Jody Jensen Shaffer on Creep, Leap, Crunch!: A Food Chain Story
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Jody Jensen Shaffer visited our Virtual Book Tour to share the inspiration for her nonfiction picture book Creep, Leap, Crunch!: A Food Chain Story (Penguin, 2023), and how she hopes it will encourage readers. This rhyming, scientific journey through the food chain is a perfect match for lessons during Earth Day and National Poetry Month.
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Matt Eicheldinger on Teaching and Writing
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In this For Teachers, By Teachers post, Matt Eicheldinger reflects on the integral role storytelling played in his childhood, leading him to incorporate personal anecdotes into his middle school teaching. With the support of many people including his students, these anecdotes evolved into his book, Matt Sprouts and The Curse of The Ten Broken Toes (Wise Ink, 2021).
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New on TeachingBooks
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Join us to see what’s new! Discover the newest updates and features on TeachingBooks that support your work to excite and empower each reader. |
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 12:00 CT
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Contests & Giveaways
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Check out our April Contests & Giveaways, accompanied by multimedia resources!
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- From the Farm, to Our Table by Sarah Rowe and Amanda Morrow (Gnome Road, 2024)
- Gut Reaction by Kirby Larson and Quinn Wyatt (Scholastic, 2024)
- Eating My Words: And 128 Other Poems by Brian P. Cleary (Lerner, 2024)
- And more!
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Contests & Giveaways on our blog
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