Tessa Allen on Sometimes People March - The TeachingBooks Blog
Sep 17, 2020 · Explore Sometimes People March. Listen to Tessa Allen talking with TeachingBooks about Sometimes People March. You can click the player below or experience the recording on TeachingBooks, where you can read along as you listen, and also translate the text to another language. Listen to Tessa Allen talk about her name.
Alice B. McGinty on The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a …
Release date: March 30, 2021; Underneath the New Mexico sky, a Navajo boy named Cody finds that his family’s barrels of water are empty. He checks the chicken coop—nothing. He walks down the road to the horses’ watering hole. Dry. Meanwhile, a few miles away, Darlene Arviso drives a school bus and picks up students for school.
Jodi Lynn Anderson on The Memory Thief - The TeachingBooks Blog
March 16, 2021 in Virtual Book Tours In this post, we feature author Jodi Lynn Anderson , whose popular, acclaimed titles include Midnight at the Electric . You can hear her speak about her new novel, The Memory Thief , the first book in the Thirteen Witches trilogy, and try her “invitation to imagine” activity.
Elizabeth Wein on Stateless - The TeachingBooks Blog
Mar 24, 2023 · Release date: March 14, 2023; When Stella North is chosen to represent Britain in Europe’s first air race for young people, she knows all too well how high the stakes are. As the only participating female pilot, it’ll be a constant challenge to prove she’s a worthy competitor.
James Ponti on Forbidden City - The TeachingBooks Blog
March 24, 2022 in Virtual Book Tours In this post, we feature author James Ponti , whose previous, award-winning titles include Framed and the popular books in the City Spies series. You can hear him speak about his new novel, Forbidden City , the third book in the City Spies series, and try his “invitation to imagine” activity.
Susan L. Roth on Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawai’i’s …
Mar 25, 2021 · The beautiful Kamehameha butterfly lives in Hawaii and nowhere else on Earth. Named to honor the great king who united the Hawaiian Islands, the butterfly is one of only two species native to Hawaii. After the Kamehameha butterfly became the state insect—thanks to a group of fifth graders—people noticed that the butterflies were disappearing.
Melissa Stewart on Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem
Mar 31, 2023 · Release date: March 14, 2023; When a whale dies, its massive body silently sinks down, down, through the inky darkness, finally coming to rest on the silty seafloor, where it becomes an energy-rich food source for organisms living in the deep sea. For the whale, it’s the end of a 70-year-long life.
Andrea Wang on Watercress - The TeachingBooks Blog
Release date: March 30, 2021; On a drive through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl’s parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing in a ditch by the side of the road. Wading into the muck, the whole family collects as much of the muddy watercress as they can. At first, the girl is embarrassed.
Renée Watson on Love Is a Revolution
March 2, 2021 in Virtual Book Tours In this post, we feature award-winning author Renée Watson , whose acclaimed, popular titles include the Newbery Honor Book Piecing Me Together . You can hear her speak about her new novel, Love Is a Revolution , …
Ellen Hagan on Reckless, Glorious, Girl - The TeachingBooks Blog
March 18, 2021 in Virtual Book Tours In this post, we feature author Ellen Hagan , whose popular, acclaimed titles include Watch Us Rise , co-written with Renée Watson. You can hear her speak about her new novel, Reckless, Glorious, Girl , and try her “invitation to imagine” activity.