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A Book in Every Hand
“Ms. Schmidt, I need a book to read. What’s good?” I hear this almost daily in my classroom. For my students who read a lot, I have no trouble putting a book in their hands. For those students, I’ve learned their reading likes and dislikes, and my challenge is keeping them in books.
Posted in Teacher Tips
Tagged as: Goodreads, Reluctant Readers, The Ultimate Teen Book Guide, YA Literature, young adult literature
A Tale as Old as Time
A spell cast. An enchanted castle. A lost traveler. A promise made. A promise kept. A spell broken. True Love.
Posted in Fairy Tales
Tagged as: A Curse Dark as Gold, Alex Flinn, Beastly, Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Elizabeth Bunce, Fairy Tale Retellings, Robin McKinley, YA Literature, young adult literature
In which I introduce myself
About 20 years ago, I was an English education major finishing up my undergraduate education. My courses in pedagogy were behind me, my practicums were behind me (soph-prof, JPE, and senior student teaching), and my English classes were winding down. The spring of my senior year, I found myself signing up for children’s literature. Why not? I thought.
Posted in Introduction
Tagged as: kenneth oppel, language arts, literacy, natalie babbitt, YA Literature, young adult literature