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Some years ago, my optimistic neighbor told me that he considers Valentine’s Day to be the unofficial start of spring. Given the ridiculous winter we are having in the northeast, this year I am holding him to it! So, in desperate hope for the start of spring, I am dedicating...
Here's the list of books from our most recent offering of adolescent lit. Usually Lolly and I teach these classes back-to-back, but this year we had to split them up. Next fall we hope to offer them together again.In addition to the books listed below, we assign articles, blogs, or...
By way of introduction, a story and a book recommendation. When I was in school, I had an experience that many people have and one I think about often as a teacher -- I felt like I rarely saw myself in a book (though disclaimer -- I had some excellent...
Notes from the Horn Book, our monthly newsletter for parents and teachers, will come out this afternoon. If you don't subscribe, you can access the content here -- but the newsletter itself is much prettier! It comes out the second Wednesday of every month and you can sign up here.We...
The bell has rung at Lolly's Classroom, so go on over for some talk about real books in real classrooms with real kids. In addition to her work here as our designer and production manager, Lolly Robinson teaches teachers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This year she has...
With the advent of the Common Core I have worked tirelessly this year to reboot my nonfiction units from something that was once a simple overview of headings, captions, and text features to an integrated understanding and application of nonfiction texts. I feel often, however, that I have come up...
I've been asked to share the list of books my class will be reading during our 6-week children's lit module this spring -- and that we will be discussing here on the blog during that time. Here you go!Class 1February 27 (book posts will go up Sat., Feb 22) Where...
I'm thrilled to announce a new blog launching at the Horn Book today. Lolly's Classroom will look at books and reading from a teacher's perspective — but we're hoping to get plenty of non-teacher readers as well. There's no question that book discussions become richer when the people discussing them come...
I'm thrilled to welcome you to opening day of the Horn Book's newest blog -- and eager to start uploading the first real posts about books and issues. Our focus will be using children's trade books (which includes everything up through YA) in educational settings, and we plan to post...
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