Remarkable Reading Recommendations — Fiction

Welcome to the first installment of our Summer 2015 Remarkable Reading Recommendations!  This is the first of six posts, which will highlight different books featured on the Scholastic 2015 Summer Reading Booklist.  Each of our posts will focus on a different theme and will include a book for non-readers all the way through young adults.   Selection #1 – Fiction …

Read Across America Day 2015 — Tips for Your Classroom

In 1997, the National Education Association proposed a new idea – a national day to celebrate reading.  On March 2, 1998, the nation celebrated its first “Read Across America Day,” appropriately celebrated on the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel (more commonly known as Dr. Seuss).  Schools, communities, libraries and local businesses are all invited to have parties and events to …

My Father’s Dragon

Note: This post was written by a guest author. Sometimes it’s hard to find a book to read aloud to both boys and girls.  And once that book is found it doesn’t necessarily mean it will hold both of their interests.  But the book My Father’s Dragon once held a very rowdy second grade class enraptured for weeks.  My Father’s …