Elementary Books We Recommend!: Professional Development

Helpful Blogs and Websites with Book Ideas for Your Lessons:

Keep up with brand new books through very brief book talks with snippets from the texts!

Common Sense Media

Look for age-appropriate books and apps.

This website, created by author Jon Scieszka, has many, many book ideas for boys! Find engaging books for even your most reluctant readers!

Picture Book 10 for 10

Click on dates on the left for links to OUTSTANDING fiction and nonfiction "Top 10" book lists from teachers, librarians, reading specialists, parents and other avid book bloggers!!!

Teach Mentor Texts

This blog is a fantastic resource for teachers! Click on the labels on the right to learn about hundreds of new mentor texts and ways that they can support your reading and writing units!

Great eBook Resources:

Epic (Open in Chrome on your computer or download as an app)

Symbaloo Collections of 170 eBooks from Matt Gomez

We Give Books

Trelease, Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook: Seventh Edition. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 351p.

This is a must-read for all parents, parents-to-be, educators, and administrators!!! In this essential guide, Jim Trelease highlights decades of research from across the world leading to an extremely significant conclusion- Reading to a child daily from birth through teenage years is the most important factor in raising a reader and a successful citizen.

While sharing inspirational studies and anecdotes, Mr. Trelease offers practical tips, answers to parents' and educators' questions, views on digital reading/ learning and a ready-to-use treasury of wonderful read-alouds. The treasury serves as an outstanding starting point for parents and educators as they begin their daily read-aloud journey with the children in their lives. As adults and children become accustomed to this daily routine, they will find that they are becoming book experts themselves and can supplement the list with their own books matching their specific interests!

For a wealth of valuable booklists, brochures to share with parents and much more, please visit Jim Trelease's website: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/

Book Blogs and Websites!

The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease