Last summer, at ILA in Austin, Donalyn Miller and I sat down with a film crew to talk about our book Game Changer! Book Access For All Kids. We’ll be releases the videos one at a time over the next three weeks. You can find the first video below.
We’ll be adding to the playlist below as the videos become available.
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I think Hey, Kiddo is one of the best books of 2018. Be sure to give it a read. It is an important book. The book deals with some pretty serious stuff. I decided to ask Jarrett to share why he thinks all readers should read a book like this.
Jarrett was recently on The Yarn podcast. Check that out below!
Jake Burt is a fifth grade teacher and middle grade author. I loved his first book, Greetings From Witness Protection, and I am really looking forward to reading his next book The Right Hook of Delvin Verma. I asked Jake to share how his work as a teacher helps him as a writer. Be sure to answer his question at the end of the video in the comments below.
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Laurie Keller’s books are so much fun! Her latest book Potato Pants! Is vintage Laurie. You and your students are going to love this one!
Jonathan Auxier continues to provide evidence as to why he is one of today’s best storytellers. Sweep is a book that readers of all ages are going to lose themselves in. I found myself setting my alarm 15 minutes early, just so I could read another chapter before school.
I think that EVERY SINGLE TEACHER needs to read Sara K. Ahmed’s Being The Change. It is having a huge impact on my students.
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Book description (from the publisher):
Topics such as race, gender, politics, religion, and sexuality are part of our students’ lives, yet when these subjects are brought up at school teachers often struggle with how to respond. How do we create learning conditions where kids can ask the questions they want to ask, muddle through how to say the things they are thinking, and have tough conversations? How can we be proactive and take steps to engaging in the types of conversations where risk is high but the payoff could be even greater?
Being the Change is based on the idea that people can develop skills and habits to serve them in the comprehension of social issues. Sara K. Ahmed identifies and unpacks the skills of social comprehension, providing teachers with tools and activities that help students make sense of themselves and the world as they navigate relevant topics in today’s society.
Each chapter includes clear, transferrable lessons and practical strategies that help students learn about a targeted social comprehension concept. From exploring identity and diversity to understanding and addressing biases and microagressions, Sara demonstrates how to address real issues honestly in the classroom while honoring and empowering students.
Dealing with social issues is uncomfortable and often messy, but you can build habitats of trust where kids and adults can make their thinking visible and cultivate empathy; where expression, identity, and social literacy matter. There is no magic formula for making the world a better place. It happens in the moments we embrace discomfort and have candid conversations.
Ryan T. Higgins’s Bruce is becoming one of the most beloved characters in my fifth grade classroom. Santa Bruce does not disappoint. Readers are in for a treat when they read about Bruce being mistaken for Santa, and all the shenanigans that he has to deal with.
Disney Book Group is partnering with me for a giveaway! Details on how to enter in the video.
My friend Travis Jonker wrote a book that is illustrated by the amazing Mark Pett. The Very Last Castle is one of my favorite 2018 picture books to read aloud to kids. You MUST check it out!
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon is a fascinating 2018 nonfiction picture book about a Japanese pilot bombing the continental United States during World War II. I had no idea that this ever happened, and I think kids will be fascinated by the story.
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Book description (from the publisher):
In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII—the only enemy ever to do so—and comes back 20 years later to apologize.
The devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, drew the United States into World War II in 1941. But few are aware that several months later, the Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped bombs in the woods outside a small town in coastal Oregon. This is the story of those bombings, and what came after, when Fujita returned to Oregon twenty years later, this time to apologize.
This remarkable true story, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, is an important and moving account of reconciliation after war.
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If This Were a Story is a magical middle grade novel that is going to be loved by so many middle grade readers. I’m so glad I decided to read it.
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Book description (from the publisher):
In the tradition of Crenshaw and The Thing About Jellyfish, ten-year-old Hannah copes with the bullies at school and troubles at home through the power of stories in this sweet and sincere debut.
Tenacious. That means strong-willed. My mother calls me that.
I wish I felt the same way.
If this were a story, I would discover I was a direct descendent of a famous soldier who won countless battles and protected hundreds of people. This resilience running through my veins wouldn’t be damaged by the notes; it would fight off bullies and prevent my parents from yelling at each other.
But this is not a story. This is real life. My life as ten-year-old Hannah Geller, who is the only girl in fifth grade to have little red bumps on her face, is unable to let the sad thoughts escape her mind, and leaves heads-up pennies wherever she can to spread good luck.
And who also finds magic in the most unlikely of places.
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Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids:
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