Foster Care and Adoption
As May draws to a close, we are wrapping up National Foster Care Month! There are over 442,000 children in the foster care system in America1. The kids in foster care range from newborns to older [...]
Veera Hiranandani: The Gift of Multiculturalism
“Remembering the mistakes of the past will hopefully create a more enlightened, tolerant, and peaceful future.” —Author’s Note, The Night Diary From nearly the beginning of time, people [...]
Great Easy/Fiction Titles for May 2019
Check out these exciting easy and fiction titles published in May. Happy reading! ELEMENTARY PICTURE BOOKS Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up by Dave Eggers ill. by Laura Park). [...]
Following the Wildebeest: Guest Post by Sy Montgomery
We are excited to welcome Sy Montgomery as our guest author today. For her most recent book, The Magnificent Migration : On Safari with Africa’s Last Great Herds, she actually traveled to Africa [...]
Pair Up: Partnering Fiction and Nonfiction in Classroom Libraries
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist at Mackin Classrooms are filled with a variety of learners and therefore classrooms should be filled with a variety [...]
How to Transform a Library Into a Makerspace
Making learning more real for students allows them to learn better and changes the school culture. In a recent edWebinar, hosted by edWeb.net, Michelle Luhtala, library department chair, and [...]
Fiction & Nonfiction to Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month
This year we celebrate not only LGBT Pride Month, but also the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. Beginning on June 28, 1969, the protest was the first major demonstration for gay [...]
Social Emotional Learning: Mental Health Awareness Month #4Mind4Body
May is national Mental Health Awareness Month and subsequently Social Emotional Learning, or SEL, is making a revival in educational trends. Kristen Fuller, M.D. with Psychology Today highlights [...]
