pickI‘m having the best luck with my #MiddleGradeMarch choices this year! This was a super fun horror/sci if that gave off slight Stranger Things vibes while still being appropriate for middle school. I‘ll definitely continue the series! @megnews @sblbooks
I haven‘t been around much on here lately. A lot is going on in my personal life. But I wanted to take a minute & share my family. My cousin, Jamie, & her husband Chris (a Lutheran Pastor), their daughter, Rebekah, have been doubling down on their advocacy for #LetKidsPlay & fighting Anti-Trans bills all over the country. Today, they spoke before the steps of the Capitol, defending trans kids. I am so proud of them. #Transrightsarehumanrights
We are short on subs today so I‘m covering 8th grade science for a few periods. They‘ve got an independent assignment which means I get to start reading a new book! The first couple chapters are nice and creepy #MiddleGradeMarch
A cup of coffee and a couple of older kids books this AM. Great start to a slow Sunday!
pickI'm loving all the MG reads I'm reading lately. Katherine Applegate has been a favorite of mine for years. With Odder, she has written an adorable tale about an orphaned otter who humans help. I liked how she addressed troubles sea creatures face and how humans can be both good, and bad in our interactions with animals and their environment.
I loved that Applegate included the true facts at the end.
@gossamerchild Thank you for the lovely #muglove23! I‘m obsessed 😍 with the mug and look forward to trying the beans. @TheKidUpstairs @Cinfhen
pick? ? this paragraph will make a teacher blubber in June. If you loved the One and Only Ivan, you'll love this too. I'm not sure why "Sea Otter" by Ezterhaz wasn't in the back of this book, but almost everything I know about otters is from Ezterhaz. Both books will make you want to watch the otter cams at Monterey or the Seattle aquarium. #playlikeanotter
My youngest baby, who‘ll be nine tomorrow - I know he looks more like twelve, he‘s super tall! - reading at my oldest baby‘s orthodontist appointment. WHY ARE THEY SO BIG?! 😭
#raisingreaders
What are you thinking about the updates in goodreads. I am feeling meh. I want goodreads to be more interactive. I want to be able to share from goodreads to other sites similar to the way my posts automatically tweet - especially since Twitter has become so Twit(tee). It's appearance was the least of my concerns and the update is not really an improvement. I want it to have more features like storygraph or share to SG.
"There still faintly beamed from the woman's features something of the freshness and even the prettiness, of her *youth*; rendering it evident that the personal charms which Tess could boast were in main part her mother's gift, and therefore unknightly, unhistorical." Required reading long ago for my Senior High lit class. Still treasure this find from a little bookshop in London on our Senior trip. #youth #InQuotes @eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
