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If you ever hear someone say picture books are just for kids, don’t listen! Read these picture books. You’ll be glad you opened your heart. Wolf in the Snow, by Matthew Cordell. (Feiwel and Friends, 2017) Matthew Cordell doesn’t need words to convey the message of empathy, love, and kindness in this Caldecott nominee forContinue reading “Picture Books Are For Everyone! January 12, 2018 Reviews”

I read The Wolf, the Duck, & the Mouse by Mac Barnett. Mr. Barnett is always so clever with his storytelling skills, and he got me giggling again. “Early one morning, a mouse met a wolf, and he was quickly gobbled up.” End of story, right? Not quite. See, there’s already a duck that hasContinue reading “IMWAYR: Predators and Prey — Funny Way to End the Day”

My plan was to start tomorrow, but I opened The Creativity Project by Colby Sharp tonight after a longer-than-expected drive home from the NCTE annual conference, and fell in love immediately with the structure of this amazing text. I’m sure I’ll read this one quickly again, and later slow down and really ponder the wonderContinue reading “IMWAYR: The Creativity Project”

October weather is beautiful! I love the autumn season, especially when it’s this nice outside — perfect for reading Swing It, Sunny! by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm out on the front porch. This is the sequel to Sunny Side Up (2015), and it’s just as fun, although Sunny Lewin may not think so.Continue reading “IMWAYR: Swing It, Sunny!”

Welcome to ReadingTeacherWrites.org. This is my professional site where I share information about literacy learning, my own research-based reflections, and lessons I’ve learned while teaching. Now that I am a school librarian, I will post much more on titles and authors for classrooms and schools. You can also use this page to contact me regarding yourContinue reading “Welcome!”

Today I opened Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters by Kylene Beers and Bob Probst, and my thinking has been disrupted! In all my years of teaching, I’ve never had it so good — I’m past the “trying to impress the administration” stage of my early years, and I am able to focus onContinue reading “IMWAYR: Disrupted Thinking”

I just love using picture books for my middle school classroom! This book will help both math and reading teachers spread the book love. This is 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story, by Tara Lazar, and illustrated by Ross MacDonald, and it is comic genius in picture book form.  Private I tells the story of hisContinue reading “Book Review: 7 Ate 9 by Tara Lazar”

The year 2016 was a whopper! Each day I read the news and comments on social media, and each day I think to myself, “It couldn’t have been that bad.” No, it wasn’t that bad at all. 1. My close family relatives are alive. This is a big deal to me. Hardships with disease andContinue reading “Happy New Year!”