Adam Gidwitz is an amazing author! His latest series is written for younger readers. Kids are going to love The Unicorn Rescue Society. I had a blast reading it aloud to my second and fourth grade daughters.

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Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass have created an unforgettable story filled with characters that readers will hold close long after they finish the book. Bob is AWESOME!

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It’s been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy’s grandmother in Australia. Now that she’s back, Livy has the feeling she’s forgotten something really, really important about Gran’s house.

It turns out she’s right.

Bob, a short, greenish creature dressed in a chicken suit, didn’t forget Livy, or her promise. He’s been waiting five years for her to come back, hiding in a closet like she told him to. He can’t remember who–or what–he is, where he came from, or if he even has a family. But five years ago Livy promised she would help him find his way back home. Now it’s time to keep that promise.

Clue by clue, Livy and Bob will unravel the mystery of where Bob comes from, and discover the kind of magic that lasts forever.

Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, two masterminds of classic, middle-grade fiction come together to craft this magical story about the enduring power of friendship.

 

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Josh Funk and Ester Garay have created a picture book that readers will love having read aloud to them. My fifth graders loved it!

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Book description (taken from publisher’s site):

Meet Albie Newton: child genius. He’s a whiz at inventing things. But is he inventive enough to figure out how to make friends?

When precocious inventor Albie Newton enters a new preschool, he concocts the perfect plan for making friends. Unfortunately, it involves stealing the hamster’s wheel, snatching the wings off of Dave’s toy airplane, and generally making a giant mess. Now everyone’s angry at Albie Will his new invention delight the other kids enough to make everything right–and finally win their friendship? With this delightful rhyming picture book, favorite author Josh Funk (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast) has written another winner.

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Ghost Boys Jewell Parker Rhodes is an important book that I hope all kids have access to. This book is going to do a lot of good in the world, so you should probably buy it, read it, and then book talk it to kids. 🙂

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Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.

Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that’s been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.

Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father’s actions.

Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today’s world, and how one boy grows to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death.

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Each and every day I learn something new from my students. I love learning with them, and they continue to push me to be a better teacher and a better person. In today’s VLOG, I share what we’re creating, what we’re reading, and what I’ve learned the last few months about “creative start”.

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Randy Ribay’s After The Shot Drop is a Young Adult novel that I would have loved as a kid. I’m so happy that today’s readers get a chance to read books like this!

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What happens when a bear comes knocking at your door—and won’t go away?

“And I said, ‘Go home, bear.’
And that was that.
But the bear came back.”

Knock, knock. Who’s there? A BEAR! A furry, friendly PERSISTENT bear. And no matter how many times a particular little boy tries to tell him that bears don’t belong in houses, he keeps coming back—until, one day, he doesn’t. Only then does the boy realize how much he cares about the bear . . . and misses him. Can he find his friend again? A funny, surprising story about two unexpected pals.

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But the Bear Came Back by Tammi Sauer and Dan Taylor is a beautiful 2018 picture book. My students and I had some important and powerful discussions about it, and I think they will be able to take what they learned from the book and apply it to their own lives. Hooray!

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What happens when a bear comes knocking at your door—and won’t go away?

“And I said, ‘Go home, bear.’

And that was that.

But the bear came back.”

Knock, knock. Who’s there? A BEAR! A furry, friendly PERSISTENT bear. And no matter how many times a particular little boy tries to tell him that bears don’t belong in houses, he keeps coming back—until, one day, he doesn’t. Only then does the boy realize how much he cares about the bear . . . and misses him. Can he find his friend again? A funny, surprising story about two unexpected pals.

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Everything You Need For A Treehouse by Carter Higgins and Emily Hughes is a must own 2018 picture book.

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Featuring beautiful images and a lyrical text with an exquisitely readable cadence, this book gives life and meaning to all the requisite elements of a treehouse, from time, timber, and rafters to ropes of twisted twine that invite visitors to sprawl out on a limb and slide back down again. For anyone who’s ever wanted to escape real life and live in a nostalgic dream come true, this poignant picture book captures the universal timelessness of treehouses and celebrates all the creativity and adventure they spark.

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