Myra here. A few months ago, I received an invitation to be part of the judging committee for this year’s Neev Book Award, which was my privilege to accept. Here are the books nominated for the emerging readers category. The […]

Myra here. It is that time of the week again where we share a book quote that seemed particularly striking for us. For the month of JUNE, our book quote theme is: CLOUDS One of the things we love about […]

Myra here. It’s Monday, What are You Reading is a meme hosted by Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers (new host of Monday reading: Kathryn T at Book Date). Since two of our friends, Linda from Teacher Dance and Tara from A Teaching […]

Myra here. Here are more diverse picturebooks that I received in the mail as part of the research study that I am currently heading at UAE University. I am also thrilled to receive ARCs from Amazon Crossing – all of […]

Myra here. Every Saturday we hope to share with you our thoughts on reading and books. We thought that it would be good practice to reflect on our reading lives and our thoughts about reading in general. While on occasion, […]

Myra here. Thank you to Carol at Carol’s Corner for hosting this week. Woke: A Young Poet’s Call To Justice [Amazon | Book Depository] Written by Mahogany L. Browne with Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood Illustrated by Theodore Taylor III Foreword by Jason Reynolds Published by […]

A Thousand White Butterflies [Amazon | Book Depository] Written by Jessica Betancourt-Perez and Karen Lynn Williams Illustrated by Gina Maldonado Published by Charlesbridge (2021) ISBN: 9781580895774 (ISBN10: 1580895778) Borrowed from Overdrive. Book photos taken by me. The first day of school for this […]

Myra here. We are delighted to dedicate our Wednesdays to featuring nonfiction titles, as per usual. We would also be linking our nonfiction choices with our reading themes throughout the year, when we can. We are pleased to launch our […]

Myra here. It is that time of the week again where we share a book quote that seemed particularly striking for us. For the month of JUNE, our book quote theme is: CLOUDS Ever since we started Book Quote Tuesday on 15 […]

Myra here. It’s Monday, What are You Reading is a meme hosted by Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers (new host of Monday reading: Kathryn T at Book Date). Since two of our friends, Linda from Teacher Dance and Tara from A Teaching […]