Introducing...The "Handy-Dandy" Guide to the Library!
***This product is 50% off for the first 48 hours! (until noon Saturday, CST)***You, your teachers, and your principals are going to LOVE today's New Product Thursday! It will make your teachers' lives...
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New Release Spotlight: February 19, 2019
I'm back at school this week after two fabulous, restful weeks off. For the next few weeks, I'll be focusing on our middle school Battle of the Books, which is coming up in mid-March. Congratulations...
View ArticleLibrary Resources Brochure: Freebie!
This week's New Product Thursday goes with the Handy-Dandy Guide to the School Library that I posted last week. I think you will all find this super-helpful and easy-to-use. The best part is: it's 100%...
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New Release Spotlight: February 26, 2019
Congratulations to Tonya F. for winning last week's New Release Spotlight giveaway! Tonya has selected Pedro's Pan as her prize. This week's giveaway is not for a new book release, and you'll need to...
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New Release Spotlight--March 5, 2019
Well, it's a day late, but I just couldn't bear to let such an amazing new release week go without a Spotlight! The past few weeks have not been a good time to live in China. The pollution has been...
View ArticleNew Product Thursday: April Display Posters are Here!
It's the first Thursday in March, and that means...the April display posters are here! And they are free through Saturday, March 9 at noon (CST). Go get 'em!Read more about the April posters on...
View ArticleReview: One of Us Is Lying (McManus)
It's been awhile since I posted a review to my blog, and I'm going to try to catch up on my reviews over the next few Saturdays. I've been so busy with school and with MrsReaderPants that I hardly have...
View ArticleNew Release Spotlight: March 12, 2019
I am so happy to have a steady VPN connection this week! Last week, I wasn't able to post the NRS until Wednesday because of unstable an VPN connection, which is required to connect to Blogger in...
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New Product Thursday: Poetry Terms Unit
**This product is half-off through Saturday, March 16 at noon, CST.**I cannot wait for April! The birds tweeting, the sun shining, the pink trees blooming all over Shanghai...and it's National Poetry...
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New Release Spotlight: March 19, 2019
I know March has brought (or will bring) spring break for lots of you, so I hope you are able to get out and read in the beautiful sunshine! In China, we don't have an official "spring break," but we...
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Poetry Terms Review Game
My PowerPoint trivia games have been among my most popular products, and I've just added a new one for National Poetry Month! This week's New Product Thursday goes with last Thursday's Poetry Terms...
View ArticleReview: The Wicked King (Black)
I am feeling ALL THE LOVE for this series! I've come to expect sequels to be a bit less-than their predecessors, but The Wicked King has just as many twists and turns, just as many cruelly-beautiful...
View ArticleNew Release Spotlight: March 26, 2019
One more week until...Spring Break! Spring is in beautiful full bloom here in Shanghai! I always say how much I love the pink and white flowering trees here. They are everywhere and so pretty! I am...
View ArticleNew Release Spotlight: April 2, 2019
Spring Break! It's been a beautiful week in Shanghai, complete with pink and white flowering trees and low pollution levels (for Shanghai anyway). You can check out my photos of spring in Shanghai...
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Library Display Signs: May Themes
Whoohoo! It's the first Thursday of the month and the day you've been waiting for...it's May posters day! Your students won't be able to pass up these colorful, eye-catching posters in nine gorgeous...
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New Release Spotlight: April 9, 2019
Congratulations to Tracy V. for winning last week's New Release Spotlight giveaway! Tracy chose Since We Last Spoke as her freebie book. I am excited to announce that some big changes will happen on...
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Earth Day Trivia Game
In The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot writes that "April is the cruellest month." I am going to have to disagree with that--April is my favorite month! Not only is April my birth month (today, actually!), but...
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New Release Spotlight: April 16, 2019
As of today, we have exactly 50 days left in the 2018-2019 school year! My school goes all the way through to the end of June, nearly a month later than my library and teaching friends in Texas get out...
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Endangered Animals PowerPoint and Research Activity
Do you know why April 22 is the best possible day for Earth Day? Because it is so beautiful outside! So I am going to be a truly terrible influence--or maybe an angel in disguise--and encourage you to...
View ArticleEndangered Animals Earth Day Activities, Day 2
It's almost Earth Day!!!! Earth Day is April 22 every year, and it is probably my favorite celebration in the library! No matter their age, students really get into Earth Day activities and concepts...
View ArticleEarth Day Read-Alouds, Day 3
This week, I have created a series of Earth Day Read-Alouds, specifically focused on endangered animals. On Thursday, I shared a PowerPoint of 22 endangered animal profiles with printable research and...
View ArticleNew Release Spotlight: April 23, 2019
It's Tuesday again! The library was super-busy last week with International Day and our first-ever High School Battle of the Books. This week has been a bit quieter because our 12th graders have two...
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Summertime Trivia Game (Great for End of the Year Class Parties!)
I got an email this morning, asking if I could schedule a meeting for May 3. It sounded so far off, but it is actually just NEXT WEEK! How did that happen? No matter how many years I teach, I am always...
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New Release Spotlight: April 30, 2019
Welcome to this week's New Release Spotlight! We are off school through Wednesday this week because of May Day, which is China's version of Labor Day. It's been great because I needed some extra time...
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Library Display Posters: June Themes
It's the first Thursday of the new month, and that means...June posters are here! I know I say I love every set, but I truly think June is my favorite so far. I had so much fun creating these gorgeous...
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