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Birthday Book Giveaway
15 May 2021 Happy Birthday to Me! I am out celebrating my birthday. Because I LOVE books, I love giving people books for their birthday or my birthday or their celebration or any holiday, even...
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Reeling in Reluctant Readers
A Note to Readers I’m delighted to welcome Kim Zachman to the blog to talk about how to reach those reluctant readers. Whether you are a writer, educator or librarian, this post will help you connect...
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Teaching Mischief and Mayhem #1: Born to Be Bad
A Note to Readers I can’t wait to read Ken Lamug’s new book! I mean, a superhero story with a snarky sidekick—how cool is that? The book comes out June 15–and I’ll be waiting for mine to arrive at my...
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Teaching WE GOT GAME! 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World
A Note to Readers I am so excited about this post from Aileen Weintraub. I met Aileen in a Facebook group this past winter, and was so excited to learn about her new book, We Got Game: 35 Female...
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Teaching Spies, Soldiers, Couriers, and Saboteurs
A Note to Readers As we approach Independence Day, it’s a good time to reflect on the people who helped establish this country. Given that the United States was formed at a time when women mostly...
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Teaching Is It Over?
A Note to Readers I am so thrilled to welcome my friend and critique partner Sandy Brehl to the blog to talk about her new picture book, Is It Over? You may remember that Sandy stopped by the blog...
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Teaching Rat Fair
A Note to Readers I am so thrilled to welcome my friend and debut group member Leah Rose Kessler to the blog to talk about her new picture book Rat Fair. This nearly wordless picture book is full of so...
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Teaching Poet, Pilgrim, Rebel
A Note to Readers I am delighted to welcome Katie Munday Williams to the blog! She’s written a beautiful book about Anne Bradstreet. Here she talks about how you can use this marvelous resource in your...
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Teaching Cady and the Bear Necklace
A Note to Readers Today on the blog, I’m talking with Master Teacher Ann Dallman, author of Cady and the Bear Necklace. This book would be a perfect resource for Native American Heritage Month in...
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Teaching Brilliantly Dyslexic
A Note to Readers When I met Liz Trudeau, I knew I had to feature her on the Tales for Mighty Writers Blog! I wrote Mightier than the Sword to explore how writers changed the world. I was curious...
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Teaching Raina’s (Un) Happy Birthday
A Note to Readers We need to talk about consent with our children. But it’s awkward! Britta Stromeyer Esmail’s picture book, Raina’s (Un) Happy Birthday gives parents, teachers, and librarians an...
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Teaching Q & U Call It Quits
A Note to Readers Letter week! Who doesn’t love celebrating each one of those lovely letters during letter week–as well as diagraphs. And with Stef Wade’s amazing book Q & U Call It Quits, you have...
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Teaching Aunt Jodie’s Guide to Evolution
A Note to Readers When I wrote MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD, I was excited to learn about Charles Darwin and his amazing discoveries. Jordan Bell puts Darwin’s findings into fiction, helping young people...
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Teaching Who Is Singing?
A Note to Readers My friend Janet Halfmann has three books releasing almost back to back. The first two are nonfiction, the third fiction, and all have lots of fun science. This is the first of three...
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Teaching Sassafras and her Teeny Tiny Tail
A Note to Readers I’m delighted to welcome Candice Marley Conner to the blog to talk about how teachers can use her brand new book, Sassafras and her Teeny Tiny Tail with students. This book is...
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Teaching Mightier Than the Sword
A Note to Readers Happy National Day on Writing! In 2009, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) founded the event to celebrate writing and writers. And not just literary writers–all...
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Teaching For Every Little Thing
A Note to Readers I’m delighted to welcome Nancy Tupper Ling to the blog to talk about the book she co-edited with June Cotner, For Every Little Thing. This jubilant collection of poetry will be a...
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Teaching Secret, Secret Agent Guy
A Note to Readers When I was a child, I loved mysteries. Not only did I devour books like Harriet the Spy–I was always looking around the neighborhood for mysteries to solve. I would have loved a book...
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Teaching I Am Odd, I Am New
A Note To Readers Today I am delighted to welcome one of my debut group colleagues to the blog to talk about how to teach his picture book, I am Odd, I am New. Ben Giroux wrote his I AM poem as a...
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Teaching Dinner on Domingos
A Note to Readers We’re smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. Tomorrow we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. Advent begins Sunday. Hanukkah begins Sunday night. With all the holiday...
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