California English call for manuscripts: Contemporary Culture in the Classroom. Deadline April 1. We welcome manuscripts from everywhere.

Artwork by Elena Megalos

Absolutely delighted that Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being won the Newbery Award. I love this book. Science fiction with lots and lots of heart.

Teach Twelfth Night? Then you and your students will love Alexene Farol Follmuth's Twelfth Knight. Is it a rom-com? You betcha! But then so is Shakespeare's tale.

What if we let students choose 2 or 3 books from the classroom library to borrow over winter break?

Seems to me that we are at a tipping point with the use of AI for student writing.

Teach 1984? The Book Censor's Library would make a perfect pairing. Would also pair well with Fahrenheit 451.

Children need more than butterflies and rainbows in the books they read.

Before it was a sensation, before it was a movie, before it was a musical, Wicked was a BOOK by Gregory Maguire.

Along with meeting students where they are, I want to take them to where they have never been -- through books!

Carole Boston Weatherford's new picture book, The Doll Test, would be an extraordinary introduction to the history of segregation and Jim Crow for middle and high school students.

Part of the tale is told by the dolls. Extensive resource list for further reading. An important book.