2015 Newbery Award Winning Book The Crossover

I was so amazed when the book The Crossover won the Newbery Award this year. Very few books by African-American writers, especially African-American male writers, win this prestigious award. I have been promoting it to everyone that I see because I feel it will be such an inspiration to young African-American males.

Children's Book Week May 4-10, 2015

Children's Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading.

Established in 1919, Children's Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. Every year, commemorative events are held nationwide at schools, libraries, bookstores, homes -- wherever young readers and books connect! 

April is National Poetry Month

For the month of April we will be focusing on the poetry books by the author Douglas Florian. He writes a lot of books dealing with science, animals and nature. One of my favorite books by Douglas Florian is Unbeelievables

All of the poems are about bees. It is a great tool to tie in Earth Day (April 22) and how bees are disappearing. Many children do not understand why bees and pollen are so important. I use this book to teach 3rd grade about the Earth and environment.