You never know what you’re going to get on a Wacky Wednesday here at Read These Books and Use Them. Today, I need your help! I love the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins (love her Gregor series, too). I even had it marked on my calendar when Mockingjay was coming out, but then. . [...]
September 1, 2010 in Book Club Possibility, Collins, Suzanne, Collins, Suzanne, High School Teachers, Middle Grade Novel, Middle School Teachers, Wacky Wednesday, Young Adult Novels
Tags: Children's Writers' Coaching Club, Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins, telecourses, The Hunger Games | 1 Comment »
In September, I’ll be teaching a course through WOW! Women On Writing about writing children’s short stories, articles, and fillers. I am re-posting an interview below with Angela, WOW!’s executive editor, that appeared on their blog, The Muffin, at the beginning of this year. I hope that it helps any of you who have thought [...]
August 25, 2010 in Elementary Educators, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Wacky Wednesday
Tags: WOW! Online Classes, writing for children, writing for children's magazines, writing tips | 3 Comments »
My generation knows Danica McKellar best as Winnie from The Wonder Years, and West Wing fans know her as Elise Snuffin (8 episodes). But that’s not why I chose to write about her on my blog on a Monday–it’s because she’s helping girls around the world (especially in the United States and Canada) improve their [...]
August 23, 2010 in Book Club Possibility, Books with Math Content, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, McKellar Danica, Middle School Teachers, Young Adult Novels
Tags: blog award, Danica McKellar, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, Math books, young adult nonfiction | 3 Comments »
I teach a class through WOW! Women On Writing about social networking for writers–but it could actually be for any small business owner or blogger. As I said last Wednesday, I know many of you, who read my blog to get ideas for the classroom, library, and home school, are also writers and bloggers. Here’s [...]
August 18, 2010 in Elementary Educators, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Wacky Wednesday
Tags: Social Networking, social networking classes, WOW! Women On Writing classes | No Comments »
For today’s Monday post, where I like to highlight a book or organization that is spotlighting or helping girls and women around the world, I have chosen Extraordinary Girls (Charlesbridge Publishing). The photos alone are fantastic, showing girls of different ages and races, smiling and doing amazing things. It targets girls in the upper elementary/lower [...]
August 16, 2010 in Adjectives, Book Club Possibility, Books with Health Content, Elementary Educators, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, Making Personal Connections, Middle School Teachers, multicultural books
Tags: celebrating children's accomplishments, celebrating differences, Helping Children in the World, Helping Women and Girls around the world, picture books about self-esteem | 2 Comments »
I know that many of you are not only parents, teachers, and librarians, but you are also writers in all stages of your career. If you are looking to increase your freelance income or work as a children’s writer, then I want to tell you about my friend Suzanne Lieurance. I met Suzanne about eight [...]
August 11, 2010 in Elementary Educators, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Preschool to 1st grade teachers
Tags: freelance writing, social networking classes, Suzanne Lieurance, The Morning Nudge, writing goals | 6 Comments »
Yesterday, I wrote about this book, Gervelie’s Journey: A Refugee’s Diary, and today, I thought I would include a short list of resources for people who are interested in learning more about helping refugees. Interfaith Refugee Ministry: “Interfaith Refugee Ministry (IRM) is an outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina established in 1992. [...]
July 27, 2010 in Book Club Possibility, Elementary Educators, Helping Girls and Women Around the World, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, character education, multicultural books
Tags: Chris Cleave, Gervelie's Journey, Helping Refugees, Little Bee | No Comments »
Evenflo has just released the Momentum 65 DLX Convertible Car Seat, with features that help make safety, installation and use as easy as possible for parents. Evenflo and JuiceBox Jungle sponsored me to write this post. They asked us to view a video, which you can also watch here. In the video, a mother has [...]
July 21, 2010 in Elementary Educators, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Preschool to 1st grade teachers
Tags: Evenflo, JuiceBox Jungle, Kids and Cussing, Potty Mouth Incidents | No Comments »
Before I get to the book Three Cups of Tea, I would like to reveal the winners of the books from Rubicon publishing! And the winners are (using Random.org): 1st choice of books: Clara Gillow Clark, 2nd choice of books: Irene Roth, and 3rd choice of books: Joyce Lansky. Congratulations to all these winners. Thank [...]
July 19, 2010 in Book Club Possibility, Elementary Educators, Fighting world poverty, Half the Sky, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Mortenson Greg, Young Adult Novels, multicultural books
Tags: Greg Mortenson, Helping Women and Girls around the world, Pakistan, Three Cups of Tea | No Comments »
Recently, I was sent some books by an exciting educational company, Rubicon. Their slogan is “A Bold Approach to Literacy.” I think kids would really like these books, which can only be ordered by educators, but the lucky things is I have three samples to give away. Let me tell you about the samples, which [...]
July 15, 2010 in Books with Science Content, Elementary Educators, Middle School Teachers, Reading Skills
Tags: Boldprint Series, Boldprint Talk, graphic novels, Rubicon Publishing | 13 Comments »