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Celebrating Our Planet: Children’s Books for Earth Day | Book Riot buff.ly/UGJui9w

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! Follow us on social for a daily poem and a daily poet curated by Charles R. Smith Jr., winner of the 2025 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, plus a classroom discussion prompt. Get the up-to-date list here: ncte.org/blog/2025/04/p…

@ncte Thank you!

We have launched a new online publication—created by and curated for elementary classroom teachers—to elevate teacher voices and connect our members in ways that support practice. Check it out: classroomcorridors.org

Children's author Mem Fox said, "A picture book should change your emotional temperature." What's a picture book that did that for you? One of mine is Where The Wild Things Are, especially the final lines "And it was still hot."

Word that’s making me smile today: githerments. It’s an old word from Yorkshire for a miscellaneous collection of might-be-useful-at-some-unspecified-point-in-the-future things.

Submissions for the 25th Annual Mass Book Awards have been extended to Friday 12/20! Head to our website linked here to submit your book today! massbook.org/mass-book-awar…

Happy Picture Book Month! I love picture books. I collect them. I share them. I write them. mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/11/2025-m…

Native Voices: A Curated List of 2024 Titles Featuring Native American Stories | Great Books ow.ly/zlFi50TUQoU #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NativeAmericanBooks

If you are interested in the many reasons to include daily Independent Reading , this new meta analysis provides evidence that it boosts student engagement AND fosters a love of reading AND supports reading skills. doi.org/10.1177/233285…

Today, I have the solemn responsibility to be the first president to formally apologize to Native peoples – Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan – for what happened during the Indian Boarding School era. It's long overdue.

My Dad, Melvin Spotted Elk survived the St Francis Mission Boarding School in St Francis South Dakota. My Mom Linda Schweigman/Spotted Elk survived the St Joseph Boarding School in Chamberlain South Dakota. They apologized yesterday, Mom and Dad. #everychildmatters 🧡

We are pleased to let you know that MRA Today 2024 is available for your reading enjoyment! massreading.org/publications-l…

MRA October Newsletter massreading.org/mra-coffee-and…

The Lesley Institute: Teaching educators to create trauma-sensitive schools  oakfnd.org/lifts-the-lesl…

Don’t miss this afternoon’s BookBreak Workshop from 4:00- 4:30 to learn about an innovative Bestselling Author Talk Series. Registration link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Check out what is happening at MRA! massreading.org/2024-calendar

Join us tomorrow at 6:00pm as members of the Literacy Department of DESE share the resources readily available for teachers and schools. events.ringcentral.com/.../mra-litera…...

Local friends! THIS WEEKEND, come see @JamesPonti, @LisaYee1, and me at @belmontbooks to celebrate James’s new (and absolutely excellent) series, The Sherlock Society!!! It’s gonna be an awesome time. 🕵️🥳📚🥳🕵️‍♂️

Be sure to register at InternationalDotDay.org to be part of this year's #InternationalDotDay tally! Can we reach 30 million participants by Sept 15? With your help, we can! Free, downloadable #DotDay Educator Handbook with registration co-created with educators around the globe.