
Genres and formats in the library
Genres can be easily confused with formats when discussing literature for all ages. The primary genres are "Fiction" and "Nonfiction",...
Content as important as reading level when recommending literature for young people.
I've taught 3rd grade readers for almost 15 years and for most of that time, I've focused on a student's reading level when helping them...


A visual guide to design
Kidd, C. (2013). Go: A Kidd's guide to graphic design. New York, NY: Workman Publishing. Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design is an...


A revealing summer vacation
Tamaki, M., & Tamaki, J. (2014). This one summer. New York, NY: First Second. The writing team of Jillian and Mariko Tamaki received the...


Escape from a society gone desperately awry
Ness, P. (2008). The knife of never letting go. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. Todd has never known a life without The Noise, the...


A sports novel set in zero gravity
Lee, F. (2015). Zeroboxer. Woodbury, MN: Flux. Carr, 17, is a rising star in an exciting new sport of the future, the competitive world...


Fast paced dystopian fantasy
Aveyard, V. (2015). Red queen. New York, NY: HarperTeen. Red Queen is an ambitious first novel by Victoria Aveyard. Set in a dystopian...


The power of finding one's voice
Anderson, L. H. (1999). Speak. New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. This powerful novel tells the story of Melinda, a popular, well-liked...