List Analysis Tools for the Holidays

Create, share, and combine booklists filled with resources that deepen connections to titles and authors.

Author/Illustrator Ann Kim Ha stopped by our Virtual Book Tour to talk about her debut picture book, Walter Finds His Voice (Red Comet Press, 2023). Visit our blog to hear the author's personal connection to this story about courage and speaking up for others.

In honor of International Migrants Day, Larry Dane Brimner, author of Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights, (Astra, 2014), shares how his motivation was rooted in his experiences during the social upheaval of the 1960s. His interest in the largely invisible population of Mexican, Chicano, and Filipino farm workers led him to explore their contributions to United States society, particularly the role of Filipinos in the Great Strike of 1965.

Activate the Sora Starter collection and immediately provide readers with features such as screen lighting, text size options, and adjustable narration speeds to create a more comfortable reading experience. Readers can even take notes, create highlights, and define words without leaving the app. Utilize these audio and ebooks in your classes to diversify your teaching. Then, differentiate and extend instruction using TeachingBooks' Multi-Leveled Lessons!

In this For Teachers, By Teachers post, author Leslie Barnard Booth discusses the inspiration for her picture book, A Stone Is a Story, (Simon & Schuster, 2023). She advocates for creating opportunities for inquiry and exploration in classrooms, allowing students to nurture their curiosity, become passionate learners, and preserve the invaluable sense of wonder.

Reflecting on her nonfiction, including her latest book, The Clues Are in the Poo: The Story of Dinosaur Scientist Karen Chin (Reycraft, 2023), multi-award-winning author Jane Kurtz frames the craft of writing as an adventure, where "every beginning and every ending is a monster." Journey with her as she shapes her nonfiction narrative in our Guest Blog Post.

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