There’s a great blog tour going on this week about My Dad is the Best Playground by Luciana Navarro-Powell (Random House Kids, 2012). If you’ve not seen the previous stops on the tour, take a minute to click back…and then follow the rest of the tour throughout the week. 6/10: Watch. Connect. Read 6/10: SharpRead 6/11: Home with the Boys 6/12: Nerdy Book Club 6/13: Ruth Ayres Writes 6/14: Book Faerie 6/15: Random Acts of Reading 6/16: BookingMama.com One of the ways I can see using this book in writing workshop is to spark a discussion about tone. Take a moment… Read more blog tour + giveaway: MY DAD IS THE BEST PLAYGROUND →
Recently I read: It’s not the kind of book that I usually read. I think this may have been why I was most surprised to be swept away by the… Read more {discover. play. build.} discovering your process →
I have some new characters tumbling around in my mind. (This may be the last thing I need right now with the end of the school year, trying to finish… Read more unexpected inspiration →
Know a reluctant reader? Thisbook may be just the remedy. Welcome to the first stop of Chronicle Books Worst-Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure Novels blog tour. I’m glad you’re here. The… Read more worst-case scenario {blog tour} →
I {heart} book stacks, which is one of the reasons I {heart} The meme, What are you reading Monday? hosted at Teach Mentor Texts. Here are a few books in my… Read more the book stack →
The Invention of HugoCabret by Brian Selznick(Scholastic) We gave Sam The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick for Christmas. Sam and I have been reading it together ever since.… Read more hugo cabret →
