Insta Review: Tru & Nelle, by Gregory Neri
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Kwame Alexander on Children’s Books and the Color of Characters
If you followed along with my book reviews over the summer (or have ever talked to me for more than five minutes in person), then you know that I’m a huge Kwame Alexander fan. Okay, maybe huge is an understatement. He makes me swoon. I write his name in cursive all over my school notebooks. […]
Read MoreInsta Review: Fallout, by Todd Strasser
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 […]
Read MoreInsta Review: Lola Levine is not Mean, by Monica Brown
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. […]
Read MoreInsta Review: Public School Superhero, by James Patterson
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 […]
Read MoreThe Summer I Read like a Student
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 […]
Read MoreBooks on Bikes Summer 2016 Finale: Books on a Bus
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 […]
Read MoreInsta Review: Fable Comics, by Various Authors
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, […]
Read MoreLights, Science, ACTION! featured on Community Idea Stations
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 […]
Read MoreInsta Review: Dream On, Amber by Emma Shevah
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 […]
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