Month: April 2023

Earth Day is tomorrow and undoubtedly many teachers will read books with students that spark interest in environmental stewardship. Some of my favorites are Heather Lang's The Leaf Detective, Jen Swanson's Footprints, and Planet Ocean by Patricia Newman and Annie Crawley. But before April break instead of reading a book about environmental stewardship, I introduced… Continue reading Whale Fall

How To Write A Poem by Kwame Alexander, Deanna Nikaido, illustrated by Melissa Sweet. A follow up to Kwame Alexander and Melissa Sweet’s 2019 book, How to Read a Book, this recently published wonder inspires all of us to write a poem… or two. In a recent collaboration with a teacher, she said, Writing poetry… Continue reading How To Write a Poem