Editor’s Pick

When I was teaching third grade, any book about Amelia Bedelia was a class favorite. There are 41 books in the series and most can be found at the library. Check out a bunch and read aloud. I guarantee you … Continue reading →

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles was written by Julie Andrews, the beloved star of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. This book captured my nine-year old’s attention and imagination and it was the first chapter book he … Continue reading →

Summer is a time to get caught up in a good tale. This was one of my childhood favorites, one both my children and my students loved. Gertrude Chandler Warner’s The Boxcar Children books were first published in the 1940s, … Continue reading →

When I taught third grade, I did an entire unit of study integrating language arts, social studies and even science and math with the Little House in the Big Woods book, the first in the nine-book series. Even though the … Continue reading →

As a young girl in Kenya, Wangari Maathai was taught to respect nature. She grew up loving the land, plants and animals that surrounded her — from the giant mugumo trees to the tiny tadpoles that swam in the river. … Continue reading →

This month the talent behind the great artwork in Kid Scoop News shared with me one of his favorite books, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. It turns out that this book was one of my childhood favorites as … Continue reading →