Posts by: Ricki

This Book is Gray by Lindsay Ward

By On December 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment · In Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Fantasy, Humor, Making Connections, Personification, Picture Book, Point of View, Voice
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The Day the Crayons Quit
Author and Illustrator: Lindsay Ward
Published: December 1, 2019 by Two Lions

Goodreads Summary:Gray just wants to be included. But the other colors are always leaving him out. So he decides to create his own project: an all-gray book. Once upon a time, […]

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Terrible Times Tables by Michelle Markel

By On October 2, 2019 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Classroom Library Buy, Humor, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Rhyme/Rhythm
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Terrible Times Tables
Author: Michelle Markel
Illustrator: Merrilee Liddiard
Published August 6, 2019 by Cameron Kids

Goodreads Summary: Inspired by a Victorian math primer, Terrible Times Tables is a modern take on learning one’s multiplication tables, from numbers 2 to 10, featuring elementary school themes of […]

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The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros

By On August 21, 2019 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Simile/Metaphor
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The Remember Balloons
Author: Jessie Oliveros;  Illustrator: Dana Wulfekotte
Published: August 28, 2018 by Simon & Schuster

Goodreads Summary: James’s Grandpa has the best balloons because he has the best memories. He has balloons showing Dad when he was young and Grandma when […]

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Moonshot by Brian Floca

By On August 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment · In Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Informational Nonfiction, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Narrative Nonfiction, Picture Book, Read Aloud
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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Author: Brian Floca
Published April 7, 2009 by Atheneum

Summary: Simply told, grandly shown, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts, clicking themselves into […]

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Feral Youth by Shaun David Hutchinson, Brandy Colbert, Suzanne Young, Tim Floreen, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Stephanie Kuehn, E.C. Myers, Marieke Nijkamp, Robin Talley

By On June 13, 2019 · Leave a Comment · In Allusion, Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Language/Style, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Point of View, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Short Story Collection, Theme, Voice
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Feral Youth
Authors: Shaun David Hutchinson, Brandy Colbert, Suzanne Young, Tim Floreen, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Stephanie Kuehn, E.C. Myers, Marieke Nijkamp, Robin Talley
Published: September 5, 2017 by Simon Pulse

Guest Review by Natalia Sperry

Summary: At Zeppelin Bend, […]

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The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold

By On June 6, 2019 · Leave a Comment · In Allusion, Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Dialogue, Figurative Language, Language/Style, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Making Connections, Plot Development, Point of View, Reflection, Symbolism, Text Features, Text Structure, Theme, Tone, Voice
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The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik
Author: David Arnold
Published: May 22, 2018 by Viking

Guest Review by Natalia Sperry

Summary: This is Noah Oakman → sixteen, Bowie believer, concise historian, disillusioned swimmer, son, brother, friend.

Then Noah […]

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Call for Middle and High School Teachers of YAL

By On June 4, 2019 · Leave a Comment · In Teaching
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Do you teach a young adult literature course, or do you integrate YAL in your classroom?

I am currently working on a book project that explores the different ways in which middle and high school teachers structure their YAL courses (elective or required). I am also looking at how teachers infuse YAL into their regular […]

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