Traitors, Charmers, and Family Mysteries—We’ve Got Middle-Grade Readers Covered! Plus Win Three Books and More

Enticing plots, elusive villains—keep your middle-graders reading with books just for them and chances to win for you! Plus join a professional learning community and also get free resources for the youngest learners.

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But first, submit a comment to the blog by 11:59 pm EDT Sunday, May 10, 2015, to tell me what are your favorites when you click on the resources below. One lucky teacher will win three books that readers ages 8–12 will love!

Catch You Later, Traitor, by Newbery Medalist Avi, features a 12-year-old’s perspective on the Red Scare and how it affects his family. In the Story Thieves, Owen joins Bethany for a dual adventure in both our world and the fictional one, where life stories can be rewritten and characters aren’t always who you think they are. Fork-Tongue Charmers is the second book in the new The Luck Uglies series. Rye, the heroine introduced in the first book, is banished to a strange island where she comes face to face with the Luck Uglies’ fiercest enemy. Deranged earls, Fork-Tongue Charmers, and family secrets—click here to read a sample of this page-turner!  (Update: congratulations to LJ, who is the winner of our prize.)

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There’s more good news for your middle-age readers. Check out In the Middle Books and enter for a chance to win a prize pack of 12 fun, fantastic books—that’s a full dozen!—for in-beTWEEN readers. Twenty-five runners-up will each win a three-book prize pack that includes The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: A New Friend; Mouseheart; and Story Thieves. (Yes, that’s another chance to win this exciting book!) Go to TheMailbox.com/inthe middle to enter to win. Then click here to download free activities, book trailers, and more—all geared for ages 5–9, 7–10, and 8–12.

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Have you checked out Crayola.com/educator yet? It’s filled with ways to incorporate art into your lessons. (There are more than 1,200 free lesson plans!) Here’s something you should know about: when you register at edweb.net/creativity (it’s free), you can become part of a free professional learning community that hosts interactive professional development to help build creative schools. You also get free CE certificates for participating in the webinars. Click here to see how you can use the power of art to transform your school.

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I haven’t forgotten about the littlest learners. The free preschool and kindergarten curriculum at ABCmouse.com/schools continues to be a teacher favorite! It follows a step-by-step learning path with over 450 lessons, more than 5,000 learning activities, supports Common Core, and is absolutely free for schools! Click here to check it out.

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Don’t forget; submit a comment for your chance to win the three books!