Favorites from around the web
Rich in Color – a blog about YA books starring or written by people of color or people from First/Native Nations.
Dear Poet Project – excellent resources for Poetry Month in April for grades 5 and up
Top Ten Historical Fiction Titles to Encourage a Diverse Understanding of the Past (Nerdy Book Club)
Book Depository – another place online to buy books, with free shipping and GREAT deals
March 2017 Children’s Books On-Sale Calendar – Publisher’s Weekly
A Look at Expository Literature – Nerdy Book Club
38 Stellar New Titles – School Library Journal’s Starred Reviews for the month of March 2017
The Miseducation of Native American Students – Lee and Low
A few favorite books I found/remembered/bought (not an exhaustive list!)
“Short” by Holly Goldberg Sloan (NEW middle grade)
“Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt” by Kate Messner (NEW to my school non-fiction picture book)
“Allegedly” by Tiffany Jackson (NEW YA book)
Elementary Read Alouds for the Week
| Grade | Book 1 | Book 2 |
| 4K | That’s (NOT) Mine by Anna Kang | |
| K | Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima | You DON’T Want a Unicorn by Ame Dyckman |
| 1 | The Reader by Amy Hest | The Highest Mountain of Books in the World by Rocio Bonilla |
| 2 | Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima | Big Bob, Little Bob by James Howe |
| 3 | Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima | You DON’T Want a Unicorn by Ame Dyckman |
| 4 | I am a Story by Dan Yaccarino | The Storyteller by Evan Turk |
| 5 | Booktalk “Guys Read” series | Giant Squid by Candace Fleming |
