Using technology is a great way to get students excited about reading and encourages them to connect with books. Author Kerry O'Malley Cerra of Just A Drop of Water has a great way to use Pinterest to engage students. Using Pinterest Writing Activity Pinterest is a...
Month: April 2019
Found Poems with Rebecca Behrens
I'm so excited because today we're going to look at how to create Found Poems with Rebecca Behrens, author of Summer of Lost and Found, When Audrey Met Alice, and the Last Grand Adventure. Why create Found Poems? Rebecca believes they help us understand what is...
How to Raise Funds to Host an Author Event or Book Festival
Nothing makes teachers and librarians happier than to get their students excited about books. Last week, we got to learn how to put on an incredible book festival with Reba Gordan and Georgia Parker. But how do we make those dreams become a reality. Jamie Ayres,...
Mad for Mad Libs with Sheila Turnage
Mad libs are so much fun, especially when Newberry honor, Sheila Turnage, is involved. She is the author of two nonfiction books, one picture book, and four middle-grade novels. Today Sheila is here to have a little writing fun with us by playing Mad Libs. How Does It...
How to Put on a Killer Book Festival
One of my favorite book festivals I've attended is the Trinity Prep Author Festival organized by Reba Gordan and Georgia Parker. The TPS Author Festival has become an anticipated event in Central Florida! Not only do these ladies know how to get a school and community...
YA Scavenger Hunt- Win Big!
Hello, friends! I’m Christina Farley, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. I wrote the GILDED series, contemporary fantasies about a Korean-American girl with a black belt and a deadly proclivity with steel-tipped arrows who discovers an ancient Korean demigod has...