Books
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Baby Board Books) [Board book]
A board book for babies or toddlers and their parents, featurig a well-known nursery rhyme and interactive text. (click here for further information)
Books for Keeps [Magazine Subscription]
Review journal on children’s books. Review journal on children’s books. (click here for further information)
Teaching Early Math Skills With Favorite Picture Books: Math Lessons Based on Popular Books That Connect to the Standards and Build Skills in Problem Solving and Critical Thinking (in Paperback)
A master kindergarten teacher shares her classroom-tested, inquiry-based lessons for using picture book and concept book favorites to help young learners build skills in number sense, basic operations, patterns and algebra, geometry and spatial sense, time, money, and measurement, and more. Lessons challenge students to problem solve and use critical thinking skills. Includes interactive reproducible [...]
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
From The Washington Post From The Washington Post’s Book World/washingtonpost.com Reviewed by Jay Mathews Greg Mortenson’s first book, “Three Cups of Tea,” was a gravity-defying wide-screen wilderness adventure. It began with the author’s failed attempt to climb the world’s second-highest mountain. It included a daring rescue, bonding with an alien tribe in a tiny cliffside [...]
Great Books for High School Kids: A Teacher’s Guide to Books That Can Change Teens’ Lives (in Paperback)
From School Library Journal The editors have selected nearly 400 fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles, all of which have “something that made them extraordinary to readers who love books….” The list follows seven essays contributed by English teachers on their experiences with Bless Me, Ultima, The Things They Carried, Oresteia, Reservation Blues, Song of Solomon, [...]