By Jacques Goldstyn… The cover shows two foregrounded green-clad, rifle-with-bayonet carrying, rucksack wearing soldier buddies glancing down at a wild-growing poppy as they get behind their fellow troop in the background, walking through a rural war-torn scene, bombed house, mother and child collecting wood in a wheelbarrow…
YES!
Love that book. Have used it for #ReadAlouds.
Similarly, The Eleventh Hour is phenomenal.
Have you signed up for #fiction all month? @lernerbooks.bsky.social is presenting a month-long program of #free #readalouds Register here mc.lernerbooks.com/fiction-febr...
𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀! 🌍
With Special Days Around the World, children explore global traditions through read-alouds, hands-on learning, art, science, music, and movement 🎨🎶
#PreschoolCurriculum #KindergartenCurriculum #EarlyLearning
#ReadAlouds
My niece and great-niece sharing SHARING THE BREAD on a long Thanksgiving weekend!
#Thanksgiving #booksky #megakidlit #thanksgivingreads #kidlit #readalouds #picturebooks
#kidlitchat #picturebooks #teachingscience #readalouds #grade2teacher #scienceteacher #narrativenonfiction #nonfictionforkids
🎃 May your Halloween be filled with stories that howl, whisper, and sparkle with soundscapes. ✨ What books did your bring to life this week? #halloween #halloweenbooks #readalouds
Cover: Echo, by Adam Rex A blonde white boy stands looking into a pond at his reflection; the title word is half on the bank and half reflecting below in the water. I have a library barcode up in the top right and another one upside down and mirroring it in the bottom left. My barcode gag is right and proper! (My barcode gag is right and proper!) All should emulate it. (All should emulate it.)
Cover: Simon and the better bone. Shows a pup with a bone in its mouth; it’s in a crouch at the edge of the pond, downward facing dog pose, staring at its reflection. For my copy at school, I placed mirror image barcodes above/below the waterline. My barcode gag is right and proper; wise and necessary; emulate and be happy.
This book, Echo, by Adam Rex, absolutely needed a second barcode…an upside down second barcode…no way around it…the same is true of Simon and the Better Bone too.
(Both will be great #ReadAlouds; already used Simon today—a hit)
**Am I the only one who does weird barcode gags?**
Hope not.
#PenguinClassroomPartner Mr. Visser, a second grade teacher in Utah, shares one of the best (and most acclaimed) classroom #readalouds of 2025, DON’T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson & Dan Santat! Your young readers are going to be obsessed with this equal parts hilarious & educational #picturebook
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Caught red-handed… we can’t stop brewing up even MORE fall soundscapes! 🍂 Which titles should join the lineup? Are you team brand-new reads or nostalgic throwbacks? #readalouds #picturebooks #fallreads
It’s time for fun fall reads! And these two picture books are a great place to start.
#booksky #fall #autumn #fallreads #readalouds #squash #pumpkin #picturebooks #kidlit #fallinlove #skybrarian #megakidlit #classroombookaday #librarylove #september
Here are some fun facts about our children’s book “The Little Zombie”🧟♀️
Click the link in our bio to learn more about the book 🤩 It’s now available to purchase on Amazon!
#thelittlezombie #booklaunching #childrensliterature #childrensbook #horrorfans #spookytales #readalouds #tinyreaders
#ReadAlouds and #BackToSchool Shelfies via @theedcollab.bsky.social #TheEdCollab. @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social and I are sharing *Books that* invite conversations around identity, creativity, agency & activism. What’s on your shelves?
#ReadAlouds = community builders. New post + FREE planning guide goes live tomorrow!
Check out all the #LiteracyPages posts here: literacypages.wordpress.com
#EduSky
🚨Now read with Novel Effect soundscapes on your LAPTOP or SMARTBOARD! Try it out today: app.noveleffect.com We can't wait to hear what you think! 🫶
#backtoschool #backtoschool2025 #readalouds
As #educators, one of the most important things we can do in these early days of the school year is to begin building authentic, meaningful relationships with all students.
#edusky #picturebooks #ReadAlouds #empathy
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📚 #Teachers & #librarians—kick off the year with Kai Po Che: Mini’s Perfect Kite!
🌸A joyful story of perseverance, STEAM & diversity.
🌸Perfect for K–3 read-alouds.
🎉Bonus educator resources, fun activities: gnomeroadpublishing.com/collections/...
#BackToSchool #KidLit #ReadAlouds #schools
Mai holding picture book JINX!
Mai opening picture book JINX!
I am thrilled to see the lovely @maistorybooklibrary feature JINX! on her laugh out loud, read aloud round up. I hope JINX! will bring smiles, giggles and even some screams to kiddies everywhere this summer.🫠
#laughoutloud #2025release #bookreviewer #readalouds #funnybooks #kidshumor
Note: would 💯 recommend not reading the “narrator’s note.” just stop at the last chapter. The last chapter is a perfect ending.
#booksky #kidsbooksky #readalouds
Homeschool Hangout Answers! What is better: Read Alouds or Audiobooks? youtu.be/Io5aZnQhRaI
#homeschool #homeschooling #readalouds #audiobooks
I'm adding this middle grade novel by @alangratz.bsky.social to my I-wish-I-wrote-this-book list! Get this timely, engaging conversation-starter into the hands of teachers, librarians, and students. #freedomtoread #freespeech #readalouds #readbannedbooks #letfreedomreadday
📚 Tuesday Teacher Resource: A-Z Book Countdown for classroom read alouds! Transform your final weeks with 26 engaging stories that students will love. Scan the QR code to download this free end-of-year resource! #TeacherTips #ReadAlouds
As much as I LOVE #nonfiction #kidlit, buy tons of unique stuff, booktalk it constantly, genre café it & facilitate finding it for classroom teachers to read to kids…
I rarely use nonfiction for my library #readalouds …which was a deficit I was going to try to fix these last two years…OK, SOON!
Books pictured include Sam and Eva, there are no ants in this book, pine cone, goat, stone boat, the island before no, spider in the well, pop goes the nursery rhyme, Hank goes honk, how we share cake, we are definitely human, and small in the city. My story corner throne is painted yellowy gold. It was designed and built with students in the library, using hand tools years ago. It has two large back rails that stand up behind the chair and point towards the ceiling, and they are affixed with sign posts pointing the way to fictional worlds, such as Wildwood, VFD headquarters, Despereaux’s castle, the 13 story, treehouse, etc.
Recess, then another class on the way, but pictured here on the Story Corner throne are all of the #ReadAlouds I’ve set aside for last, this, and next week.
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So much fun!
I always give each class 3 or 4 choices. We do a quick silent vote, read the winner, then go find and check out their books.
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Lauren Child = super fab.
❤️ her artistic style!
Esp ❤️ original Charlie & Lola books, & Clarice Bean ones.
Reg use Never Eat Tomato + That’s My Book as #ReadAlouds.
Used to reg use I Want A Pet as a writing prompt (shld again!)—what hatches from the egg; what ensues?
Okay, bookmark to listen ASAP!
Lauren Child = super fab.
❤️ her artistic style!
Esp ❤️ original Charlie & Lola books, & Clarice Bean ones.
Reg use Never Eat Tomato + That’s My Book as #ReadAlouds.
Used to reg use I Want A Pet as a writing prompt (shld again!)—what hatches from the egg; what ensues?
Okay, bookmark to listen ASAP!
Three great books to be discussed in this thread. Each one will have a separate picture with the ALT text to describe their covers…
Cover of TheGoat, The Stoat, And The Boat, by Em Lynas and Matt Hunt. Features blue background of watery waves with a bright green sailboat (white sail), with a large seated goat (with big yellow checkered coat) and small stoat in it.
#ThisBookTheseReasons
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3 fab new #ReadAlouds:
The Goat/etc, by @emlynas.bsky.social & Matt Hunt (no relation) will be fun to read to kids with all the zany rhyming, silly battle over the boat, and the sharing-is-the-better-way resolution.
Make it a #HatTrickLit experience by pairing it…
