AICL's Best Books of 2018
We are starting AICL's "Best Books of 2018" today (December 7) and will update it as we read other books published in 2018. P...
Recommended: UNPRESIDENTED: A BIOGRAPHY OF DONALD TRUMP by Martha Brockenbrough
I haven't done a rigorous study of biographies of US presidents. The ones I have looked at over the years are lacking in one way or anot...
Recommended: A Day with Yayah
As a grandmother and longtime teacher of young children, I'm delighted to share my enthusiasm for A Day with Yayah, a 2018 Crocod...
NOT RECOMMENDED! Jill Lepore's THESE TRUTHS: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Jill Lepore's These Truths: A History of the United States came out this year (2018). Published by W. W. Norton and Company, teachers wi...
Congratulations to Traci Sorell for Orbis Pictus Honor Award!
Some terrific news today (November 17), from the 2018 conference of the National Council of Teachers of English! Traci Sorell's We Are G...
Recommended! DACTYL HILL SQUAD by Daniel José Older
Some time back, I learned that Daniel José Older was working on a series that would blend history and fantasy. The first book in the series-...
