Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Eerie historical fiction (or just plain fiction? I'm not sure) that takes the reader back to the Cuban Missile Crisis – and drops the 💣. I loved Fallout's juxtaposition as it flashes between Scott's […]
Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Lola Levine won us over, Brian included 😺 This easy reader is cute and funny and features a main character with some cultural diversity – which you've maybe noticed is a theme around here. […]
Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram What an odd book. Public School Superhero has all the right components: graphic novel sections, slang-filled teen dialogue, child-appropriate battles of social justice and morality. But the truth of the book is blaring throughout…this […]
This summer, I challenged myself to read 30 books. Between the making and the biking, I was ready to do what I challenge my students to do – practice, work toward becoming a better reader, and find the joy in discovering a new story. The challenge was important to me on multiple levels. After a school […]
Just as the beginning of the summer means pumping tires, checking helmets, and tying shoelaces, the end of the summer means something certain for Books on Bikes, too – our big summer finale. After a summer full of giving out books to read and popsicles to eat, we wanted to celebrate the thousands of books […]
Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Fairy Tale comics were all the rage with my older elementary students, so this was a natural next step. Or, it should have been. Maybe I don't know my fables as well as most, […]
The mini scientists behind your favorite home movies may be on summer break, but their hard work is still resonating in the Charlottesville community. Our Spring collaboration with Light House Studio has been featured on Community Idea Stations, the largest locally owned and operated media company in the region. Community Idea Stations is all about using […]
Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Amber is part Mexican, part Japanese, and all mixed up. This cute story wasn't anything special, but I loved that Amber's culture was a part of her character – without being the only defining […]
Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram It's magic when a book can take you inside the mind of a child that feels so fiercely but can't verbally express those feelings. In the wake of a terrible accident, Trent has so […]
I’ve heard the word pushed in my meetings and educational conferences in a million different ways. Making. MakerSpace. Maker project. Maker initiative. Make, make, make. It can be frustrating, as an educator, to have new teaching trends and discoveries constantly sent your way. And admittedly, from the outside, the idea of making in education looks like […]