Classroom Bookshelf

This week on the blog: healing and hope through storytelling. Don't miss the 2021 Newbery Medal and APALA Award winner, When Your Trap a Tiger. @taekeller @sljournal theclassroombookshelf.com/2021/02/healin…

We humbly offer ideas for interrogating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol with middle grade students. #USCapitol theclassroombookshelf.com/2021/01/teachi…

This week on @clssrmbkshlf: one of the best poetry anthologies of the year. theclassroombookshelf.com/2020/12/explor…

The latest from The Classroom Bookshelf, "Celebrating Grandparents and Elders:" theclassroombookshelf.com/2020/01/celebr…

Here's where the @clssrmbkshlf team from @sljournal will be during #NCTE19! If you're a fan of the blog, we'd love to talk to you! Come join us if you can.

This week on @sljournal, a look at the history of Stonewall from @randomhousekids, @RobSandersWrite, and @JameyChristoph. tinyurl.com/y237ylmh

Building your summer reading stack...New Kid is a must-read for any middle school student or middle school teacher. Check out our teaching ideas. @sljournal @JerryCraft @ncte theclassroombookshelf.com/2019/05/new-ki…

This week on @slj's @clssrmbkshlf, @mstewartscience and @SarahBrannen's SEASHELLS: MORE THAN HOME from @charlesbridge! Teaching idea for science, language arts, social studies, and maker labs! theclassroombookshelf.com/2019/04/explor…

Celebrate the start of spring and National Poetry Month with April Pulley Sayres' Bloom Boom! @sljournal @aprilpsayre theclassroombookshelf.com/2019/04/celebr…

Help students learn to listen with heart with 2018 New York Times Notable "The Rabbit Listened". Read our Classroom Bookshelf teaching ideas here: theclassroombookshelf.com/2018/12/learni… … @sljournal @clssrmbkshlf @CoriDoerrfeld

@susanverde @johnparraart have teamed up on Hey, Wall--a picture book that celebrates art, community, and children as heroes. theclassroombookshelf.com/2018/11/hey-wa… @sljournal

The Fan Brothers astound us again with the power of their imaginations. So many teaching and learning possibilities when we lean on literature. theclassroombookshelf.com/2018/10/ocean-… @sljournal @opifan64 @igo2cairo @kegancunningham

Laugh out loud with students with Square by @macbarnett & @burstofbeaden. Check out our teaching invitations theclassroombookshelf.com/2018/09/square… @sljournal #kidlit

Our annual back-to-school post. This year let books and children be your guide. #kidlit #bookmagic @sljournal @clssrmbkshlf theclassroombookshelf.com/2018/08/this-y…

@kwamealexander is back again with rebound. check out our teaching invitations to inspire the readers, writers, thinkers, debaters and poets in your class. theclassroombookshelf.com/2018/04/reboun…

The Word Collector by @peterhreynolds is a perfect match for early childhood and elementary literacy classrooms. Here is our review and teaching invitations: theclassroombookshelf.com/2018/03/the-wo…

Today on bookshelf, teaching ideas for CHEF ROY CHOI AND THE STREET FOOD REMIX. theclassroombookshelf.com/2018/01/orbis-…

Our annual chorus of voices from the children's literature community: our "Best of" round-up! theclassroombookshelf.com/2017/12/the-be…

An early sneak preview at What Do You Do With a Chance? @sljournal theclassroombookshelf.com/2017/12/what-d…

Stunning new picturebook opens big life questions for young people. Why Am I Me? theclassroombookshelf.com/2017/11/why-am… @pebritt @sean_qualls @SelinaAlko