Looking for a middle grade science fiction series? Kenneth Oppel's Bloom trilogy is one your students will not want to put down. The first book in the series, Bloom will pull in your most reluctant readers and keep them coming back for more! Auguste and Owen read Bloom in their book club and loved the… Continue reading Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
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Please Don’t Eat Me, by Liz Climo
Have you ever had an unusual friendship? One in which it seems like your friendship doesn’t seem to work very well, or at all? Maybe you felt that your friends wouldn’t approve? These were all questions posed before we began reading Please Don’t Eat Me by author and illustrator Liz Climo. This book highlights the… Continue reading Please Don’t Eat Me, by Liz Climo
Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang
Last spring, a student I've known for years came to talk to me because he was having a bad day. He shared that everyone was trying to make him feel better, but he was just having a bad day and wished that everyone would give him space to have it and then move on. He… Continue reading Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang