Create a memorable moment in your classroom as students ooh and ahh over Harry Potter: A Hogwarts Christmas Pop-Up (Insight Books), which shows the Great Hall in Hogwarts Castle complete with a Christmas tree that that pops up from the book’s center and 25 removable ornaments. You’ll get behind-the-scenes details on props, set designs, and…
When I began my first teaching job, a parent of one of my youngsters came up to me and said, “I’m so glad you’re a sweet, nurturing teacher.” Then she dropped her voice to a whisper and continued, “The last teacher was a bit of an ice queen.” Well, I thought, I’m certainly glad I’m…
Another year, another popular series of books for young students. Whether it’s Harry or Katniss, Percy or Artemis, each school year seems to bring about another series of books some readers simply gobble up. And I have found that readers in Massachusetts may have fallen for a different collection than readers in Oregon or North…
We’re a reading family. We have more bookcases than any other single item of furniture, yet there’s always a stack of books teetering on some nightstand or chair arm somewhere in our house. My four-year-old has his favorite books and will sit down to “read” them to himself even though he’s not fully reading yet….