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Setting Is Where the Heart (of the Story) Is by Nicole Warchol
Published: 25/09/2017If anyone were to ask me my favorite element of a book, my instinctual response would be great characters. Characters who are like me or ones who aren’t like me at all. Characters who I can root for o ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #553:Featuring a Brief Elisha Cooper Moment
Published: 24/09/2017I think I mentioned here earlier that I’ve joined the Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott team. This week, Lolly, one of the Calling Caldecott bloggers, wrote about Elisha Cooper’s Big Cat ... Read moreSource: blaine.org -
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The Important Decision I Made to Create a Reading Community Classroom by Kristen Rowlands
Published: 23/09/2017As an educator I face a daily challenge. How will the work that I do today equip my students to love reading? How will kids discover they are not alone in the world through the power of literacy in my ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com
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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week,Featuring Suzy Lee and Kathryn Otoshi
Published: 22/09/2017— From Kathryn Otoshi’s Draw the Line(Click to enlarge spread) — From Suzy Lee’s Lines(Click to enlarge spread) Today over at Kirkus, I write about Michael Mahin& ... Read moreSource: blaine.org -
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Eating Contests, Birth Order, and How They Fit Together to Become Slider by Pete Hautman
Published: 20/09/2017A Game of Dogs On July 4th, 2017, at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Contest, Joey Chestnut won for the ninth time by gobbling down 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes.* It was grotesque, it was disgusting, ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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Embracing Inventiveness and Perseverance in Ethan Marcus Stands Up by Michele Weber Hurwitz
Published: 19/09/2017Often, all it takes is a crumb – a little morsel of a moment – to spark an idea for a book. One that may not even seem like a moment at the time. My high-energy son was in eighth-grade, studying for a ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com
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A Toast to Kate DiCamillo by Kirsten LeClerc
Published: 18/09/2017“I’m only eating toast today. Toast with a great deal of butter on it,” declared my daughter. She was six years old at the time and a Mercy Watson superfan. I humored her at breakfast, and she snacked ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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Disaster and Discovery: True Stories of Survival That Inspired Five Nonfiction Authors by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace
Published: 17/09/2017Imagine embarking for an unexplored world, relying on faulty maps based on guesswork and fake science. Your goal is a tropical oasis at the North Pole, inhabited by unknown species of animals and mayb ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #552:Featuring Selina Alko and Sean Qualls
Published: 17/09/2017(Click to enlarge spread) When I was a child, I used to wonder about things like souls and my very identity. That is, I wondered what made me, me and what it would be like if I were born as som ... Read moreSource: blaine.org
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Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!: Ten Picture Books about Farm Life by Jake Nuckolls
Published: 16/09/2017My Grandad is in his mid-90s. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, raised 3 children with my Grandma Dot, and grew up a farm boy; back when the technological revolution of the day was connecting a c ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Katherine Roy
Published: 15/09/2017Today over at Kirkus, I’m reading between the lines, so to speak. That is here. * * * Last week, I talked here with author-illustrator Katherine Roy about her newest picture book, How to ... Read moreSource: blaine.org -
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Hey, Educators! Josh Funk Wants to Embarrass You! (Book Trailer Premiere for IT’S NOT JACK AND THE BEANSTALK)
Published: 15/09/2017Educators are the best! I’ve written before about how #TeachersAreRockStars and how incredible it is that you work 100+ hour weeks basically year round, etc, etc. I love you all. And hopefully you loo ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com
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The Wood Sculptures of Moisés and Armando Jiménez
Published: 13/09/2017I’ve got some board book art here at 7-Imp today, though it didn’t begin its life as board book art. It was once a picture book (published in 2007), but the publisher, Cinco Puntos ... Read moreSource: blaine.org -
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A Tool for Teaching Text Structures and Revision by Melissa Stewart
Published: 12/09/2017Back in 2013, when No Monkeys, No Chocolate was published, I created this Revision Timeline. Educators love it because in just 15 minutes students can watch the videos and see for themselves how much ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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I’m Raising Fearless Readers Who Will Try Anything by Dena McMurdie
Published: 11/09/2017When my girls were small, I decided that I wanted them to grow up without any limits. I wanted them to dream big and not let society’s boundaries define who they are or what they can do. ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com
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Cover Reveal: The King of Bees by Lester Laminack
Published: 10/09/2017Waiting on a new book is something like waiting for a baby to arrive. There is much excitement and great anticipation. Though you know both parents, you are eagerly waiting to see that new little fa ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #551: Featuring Shawn Harris
Published: 10/09/2017“… Let’s think about and discuss the fact that this is the largest sculpture in all the land, and the most iconic symbol of the United States of America. Let’s talk about the f ... Read moreSource: blaine.org -
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10 Books for the Jewish Fall Holidays by Stacey Shubitz
Published: 9/09/2017Some people think Chanukah is the most important Jewish holiday since it is typically celebrated in December. Many Jewish children deem it significant since they receive presents, often one on ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com
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Pets & Poetry by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong
Published: 8/09/2017As we watch the news reports of the impact of hurricanes, flooding, and storms across our country, we’re united in our concern for neighbors or strangers affected by these disasters. Scenes of help an ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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Looking Back, Looking Forward by Sheila Greenwald
Published: 7/09/2017I started illustrating books for children in 1956 and began to write them in 1975. As a freelancer involved with many publishing houses, I had an outsider’s view of quickly changing styles, rules, and ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com -
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My Inspiration for Elsie Mae Has Something to Say by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Published: 5/09/2017So, who ever heard of the Okefenokee Swamp? Well about twenty years ago, I hadn’t; but today I’m celebrating pub day for my book, Elsie Mae Has Something to Say, which takes place in the Okefenokee S ... Read moreSource: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com
