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June 2024 Edition
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Summer Reading Lists for Everyone!
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It's summer reading time! High-quality summer programs foster creativity, promote reading skills, and help to prevent the summer slide. And, of course, reading in the summer often provides additional opportunities to read for enjoyment and discover new favorites. TeachingBooks is ready to enhance your summer reading activities with thoughtful resources curated to engage readers and connect them to the books and programs enjoyed in your community.
Check out resources for these fabulous programs. Enjoy, and let us know what you're reading this summer!
Our best,
The TeachingBooks Team
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Featured Booklist: Sora Sweet Reads
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Enjoy hundreds of resources for the titles in OverDrive's Sora Sweet Reads program, running May 13 - August 26. This K–12 summer reading program includes a collection of 100+ free and simultaneous-use age-appropriate ebooks and audiobooks to be enjoyed in the Sora reading platform.
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Behind the Books: "A Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen on Climate Change"
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In 2020, amid pandemic shutdowns and massive wildfires, illustrator Minnie Phan and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen formed an unusual partnership to create Simone (Astra, 2024). Learn how their experiences inspired a picture book intended to start conversations about natural disasters and displacement.
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Meet-the-Author Recording: When the Angels Left the Old Country with Sacha Lamb
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Drawing from her academic background in Jewish immigration studies, Sacha Lamb, author of the 2023 Stonewall Award Winner When the Angels Left the Old Country (Levine Querido, 2023) shares her inspiration for crafting a Jewish fantasy infused with immigration history, issues of gender identity, and disability discrimination.
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Carole Boston Weatherford on Outspoken: Paul Robeson Ahead of His Time
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Outspoken: Paul Robeson Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show (Candlewick, 2024) introduces young readers to the dynamic life of the artist, actor, athlete, and activist through verse. In this Virtual Book Tour, multi-award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford shares how poetry and memories inspired the book and offers an activity for students incorporating both elements.
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Chris Lynch on Teaching and Writing
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In this For Teachers, By Teachers post, discover how author Chris Lynch emphasizes the collaborative nature of teaching and learning. He shares the importance of encouraging students to take creative risks, embrace their unique voices, and discover their own writing styles.
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Featured Booklist: Librarian Favorites Award
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Step into a world of imagination and wonder with the Librarian Favorites Award presented by the Children’s Book Council (CBC). Explore a curated collection of the latest exceptional children’s books cherished by librarians across the country.
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Booklists on TeachingBooks
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Building Your Wish List? TeachingBooks Can Help!
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Discover recently published, diverse, and award-winning titles to add to your wish list or collection. Explore the newly added book resumes for more guidance. |
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 1:00 CT
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Don't worry if you can't attend live. Sign up and receive a recording.
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Watch Pablo Cartaya Competes in the Author-Fan Face-off
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This month's Face-off features mega-fan Georgia and Pablo Cartaya answering questions about Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish (PRH, 2018). After Marcus, a biracial teen, gets in trouble for punching a kid at school, his family takes a trip to Puerto Rico to regroup and find Marcus’s dad, whom he hasn’t seen in years.
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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish on TeachingBooks
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Poetry Tasting at the Reading Diner
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The Poetry Tastings on TeachingBooks provide a fun-filled time for readers to listen to Meet-the-Author Recordings, audio excerpts, and video book trailers. Enjoy a hearty meal with these food-themed suggestions!
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Access 200+ Free Digital Titles
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Activate the Sora student reading app today to give your students instant access to hundreds of always-available ebooks and audiobooks including classics and popular favorites. The best part: this Sora Starter collection is completely free to your school. Simply sign up and get your students reading on any device! Share the book, then deepen your readers’ engagement with resources for each title on TeachingBooks.
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Get Free Books
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Explore resources for all Sora Starter titles
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Contests & Giveaways
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Check out our June Contests & Giveaways, accompanied by multimedia resources!
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- Menus for Meerkats and Other Hungry Animals by Ben Hoare & Hui Skipp (Kane Miller, 2024)
- Exclusion and the Chinese American Story by Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn (PRH, 2024)
- Else B. in the Sea by Jeanne Walker Harvey & Melodie Stacey (Abrams, 2024)
- And more!
See the June
Contests & Giveaways on our blog
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