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Children's book reviews of kids' picture books, board books, books for beginning and young readers, tween and young adult fiction and nonfiction, children's literature and parenting titles - a recommended reading resource for kids, teachers, librarians and parents.

This is a great resource tying in picture books to the Six Write Traits.

The Automatic Bibliography & Citation Maker

Max's Math Adventures challenge students answer questions using clues embedded in rhyming poems. Browse a list of different adventures with central skills and difficulty level indicated. Includes a teacher's guide, activity pages, printables, and audio.

From writing graphic novels to creating math comics, bring your class assignments, student projects, and course materials alive with 21st century approaches to communication. Regardless of whether you prefer Mac or Windows, you'll learn to use free online tools as well as inexpensive software to produce graphic novels, illuminated term papers, visual science reports, photo essays, and other engaging alternatives to traditional reports and student products. These concrete products reflect student understanding and provide an alternative to traditional forms of assessment

booktalks on different reading/age/grade levels and genres..

Why read book blogs...."Book blogs have created community-a place where we adults who take children's literature seriously can discuss it seriously and at length, in a forum open to the whole Internet."

Debbie Reese's analysis of Peter Pan in Scarlet - which received a starred review in School Library Journal. She says and then proceeds to describe, "The worst parts for me, as I read this book, are McCaughrean's references to Indians:"