Category Archives: Book Lists

Using Children’s Books to Teach About Love and Belonging

June 3, 2013 – 7:30 am

Guest blogger Katie Cunningham, from Manhattanville College, discusses how love and belonging in children’s books fit into classroom curriculums.

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Reading Biographies to Reflect on Core Principles and Create Belonging

April 22, 2013 – 9:00 am

Guest blogger Katie Cunningham, from Manhattanville College, discusses how reading biographies help to reflect on core principles and create belonging.

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Holocaust Picture Books: An Annotated List

April 8, 2013 – 11:38 am

An annotated list of recommended picture books about the Holocaust by Keith Schoch of http://teachwithpicturebooks.blogspot.com.

By Hannah | Also posted in Curriculum Corner, guest blogger, Holidays | Comments (1)

Compiling Rigorous Thematic Text Sets: Books About Immigration

April 3, 2013 – 7:30 am

Resident Literacy Expert Jaclyn DeForge compiles a set of thematically related texts for classroom instruction.

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“What does this book have to do with me?” Why Mirror and Window Books Are Important for All Readers

February 4, 2013 – 1:43 pm

Guest blogger Katie Cunningham is an Assistant Professor at Manhattanville College. Her teaching and scholarship centers around children’s literature, critical literacy, and supporting teachers to make their classrooms joyful and purposeful. Katie has presented at numerous national conferences and is the editor of The Language and Literacy Spectrum, New York Reading Association’s literacy journal.  When we lived […]

By Amanda | Also posted in Curriculum Corner, guest blogger, Resources | Comments (1)

Turning to Story after the Sandy Hook Shooting

December 19, 2012 – 1:14 pm

As we unravel the tragic events that took place in Newtown, CT, I am reminded of the dedication Jan Spivey Gilchrest wrote in When The Horses Ride By: Children in the Time of War:

For the beautiful, powerful and courageous children of the world, you are far more than dolls and toy trucks. You are real people only smaller. Know that we are here to love you, listen to you, respect you and protect you.

By Jason Low | Also posted in guest blogger, Resources | Comments (1)

Diverse Dystopias: A Book List

August 30, 2012 – 1:50 pm

In honor of the upcoming release of our new YA anthology, Diverse Energies, we thought we’d put together a list of dystopias with diversity. For the purposes of this list, our definition of diversity is: 1.) A book with a main character of color (not just secondary characters), or 2.) A book written by an […]

By Hannah | Also posted in Curriculum Corner | Comments (4)

What Are Your Top 3 Beach Reads?

June 29, 2012 – 12:44 pm

In celebration of July 4th and all of summer’s fun activities, I asked a few Lee & Low authors and staff members what their favorite beach reads are. I’m sure it was difficult to pick just three, but here’s what they came up with: Don Tate, author of It Jes’ Happened, says: “Reading here has been […]

By Amanda | Also posted in Activities, Musings & Ponderings, Summer | Comments (5)
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