Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne
School Library Journal: Gr 7 – 10 — Early one morning, eight-year-old Noah Barleywater runs away from home. Almost immediately, …
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Amiri and Oddette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers
Plain Kate by Erin Bow
School Library Journal: Gr 4 – 8 — When Kate’s wood-carver father dies, she is left to support herself with …
The Relationship School: new ideas from Brooklyn
The New American Academy in Brooklyn is run by Shimon Waronker and is an experimental school that focuses on mentorlike relationships …
How to Teach Students to be Good Digital Citizens – Wednesday, March 28 2:00pm PT / 5:00pm ET
Tomorrow, visit GoogleApps youtube channel to see this Teacher Webinar: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleApps Join Common Sense Media to hear about their free …
Fishtailing by Wendy Phillips
BookList: Grades 7-12 Canadian author Phillips’ first novel is told in free verse and features the perspectives of four different …
The Doomsday Box by Herbie Brennan
BookList: Grades 6-9 The British teen spies from The Shadow Project (2009), gifted with powers of astral projection, gear up …
Divergent by Veronica Roth
School Library Journal: /* Starred Review */ Gr 9 Up — In a future Chicago, the population is divided into …
iPad Apps for Teachers
Check out Kelly Walsh’s 10 Excellent iPad apps for Teachers. They include: 1. QuickVoice Recorder 2. Dropbox 3. Things for iPad: Mobile Filtering Technology 4. Discover …
20 Coolest Bookstores in the World
JUANITA NG of the VANCOUVER SUN has assembled 20 photos of the world’s coolest bookstores. Some day I’ll travel to …
Janine Schaub 