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A wonderful blog about books, reading and school libraries by a teacher-librarian in a dual-track French-English elementary school. She had been teaching for 11 years.

My name is Cindy. I am a teacher-librarian in a dual-track French-English elementary school. I have been teaching for 11 years. Most of them as an

One of the richest resources on YouTube is an extraordinary channel named SpokenVerse. It offers 466 readings of great poems in English, from Shakespeare to today. Their reader is a pleasure to listen to. He makes no effort to "perform," but simply and clearly respects the poetry, with understated emotion when necessary. (Roger Ebert)

What a great way to read a book..... As our English 10 class picked up their Kite Runner books for the first time this semester, I mentioned that we had a "friend in Afghanistan" who was eagerly awaiting their questions and comments. About five hands went up immediately. "Who is it?" "How do you know him?" And of course, "Why does he care about our class?"

A great fit for the Indigenous Narratives focus in Grade 9 ELA. You can buy copies of all of these at the CBC Shop.

Grade 1 to 12 E.L.A. Curriculums and Recommended resources

"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. "

consider reading the reviews to determine if these books are suitable for your high school library

"Indigo Books & Music Inc. is proud to announce the first-ever Teen Read Awards, a celebration of popular teen fiction as well as the Canadian fans who read and love teen books. In the past five years, the teen books category has grown by 150% and has become the second largest at Indigo and Chapters, after adult fiction. "

some titles on this list might be worth adding to your collection and bringing to the attention of your YA readers.

search for same-type books - very cool

from School Library Journal

you might want to subscribe via your start page to this blog which reviews all forms of 'comics' for kids.

"They might not be coming in and saying, `Hi, I'm gay or I'm bi or I'm transgender or I'm questioning my own identity,' because they're afraid," she said. "But they're there and they're looking for these books.""

"Every now and then, we like to present vintage clips of great authors reading classic literary works - works they have often written themselves. These clips can be fairly revealing. Through them, you can recapture the voices of literary greats, most long since passed. And you can hear how they give character and expression to their own works … or those of others."

"Best known for publishing popular study guides like the For Dummies series and CliffNotes, science and educational publisher John Wiley & Sons has paired Shakespeare with manga-style artwork in an effort to make the Bard more accessible to younger readers. Wiley will release manga adaptations of four Shakespeare plays--Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar--in February in a tankoubon, graphic novel book-format."

Your ELA teachers might like this site.

"Extending the tradition of Aboriginal storytelling, Richard Van Camp's new collection is eloquently and humorously optimistic. The stories in The Moon of Letting Go celebrate healing through modern day rituals that honour his Dogrib ancestry. Van Camp speaks in a range of powerful voices: a violent First Nations gangster has an astonishing spiritual experience, a single mother is protected from her ex by a dangerous medicine man, and a group of young men pay tribute to a friend by streaking through their northern town. The stories are set in First Nations communities in the Northwest Territories, Vancouver and rural British columbia. They have been broadcast on the CBC, and appeared in anthologies, the Walrus, Prairie Fire, and other journals."

Are Richard Van Camp's young adult and adult novels in your school library?

"Guys Lit Wire exists solely to bring literary news and reviews to the attention of teenage boys and the people who care about them. We are more than happy to welcome female readers - but our main goal is to bring the attention of good books to guys who might have missed them. "

this looks a good place to look for books that teenage boys might enjoy

a contest I would like to have across the divison

I sent an e-mail with this link to the English teachers in our school, along with a link to the book trailers. Sheila did a really successful trailer project for MacBeth last year.

Would she and the students be willing to share some of the trailers? Are they on YouTube? It would be nice to have good examples to show people.

Freedom to Read week is in February but it well worth checking out their poster gallery - 25 great posters to use whenever!

Lots of free books now in the public domain

"The reading revolution is starting to hit home How does the medium - print or electronic - change the way our children experience books?"

an overview about and how to use Global Issues in Context

you could use this video at a staff meeting to demonstrate all the features of Global Issues in Context