New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on July 23rd from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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Back to School with Harper Stacks
Click for some of our recommendations for this upcoming school year. From back-to-school read alouds, to perfect books for guided reading groups or book clubs, we have engaging and challenging books for every reader in your class.
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Social Emotional Learning: Responsible Decision Making
This is the fourth in a comprehensive blog series with practical ideas on how to easily build your students' skills without finding an extra hour in your school day. Author, educator, and whole-life coach Nicole D. Collier continues things off this week by teaching us more about responsible decision making, what this means to our students, and how we can nurture this skill.
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New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on July 16th from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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Social Emotional Learning: Relationship Skills
Social-Emotional Learning may just seem like the latest educational buzz phrase, but it's an essential component of any curriculum. Teachers tasked with incorporating more SEL into their day often feel frustrated by the lack of time and support. This is the third in a comprehensive blog series with practical ideas on how to easily build your students' skills without finding an extra hour in your school day. Author, educator, and whole-life coach Nicole D. Collier continues things off this week by teaching us more about social awareness, what this means to our students, and how we can nurture this skill.
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New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on June 18th from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on June 18th from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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18 Books to Read this South Asian Heritage Month
July 18 kicks off South Asian Heritage Month! A great way to celebrate is to read books by and about people with roots in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Below are just a small selection of the many recent and upcoming titles to help you build your collection and Shake Up Your Shelves.
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24 Fabulous Books Coming This Fall
Fall will be here before we know it, and along with the cooler weather and changing leaves, the new season will blow in a whole batch of new books to get your readers excited for. There are exciting debuts, much anticipated series continuations, beautiful picture books and more!
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New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on June 18th from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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Social Emotional Learning: Social Awareness
Social-Emotional Learning may just seem like the latest educational buzz phrase, but it's an essential component of any curriculum. Teachers tasked with incorporating more SEL into their day often feel frustrated by the lack of time and support. This is the third in a comprehensive blog series with practical ideas on how to easily build your students' skills without finding an extra hour in your school day. Author, educator, and whole-life coach Nicole D. Collier continues things off this week by teaching us more about social awareness, what this means to our students, and how we can nurture this skill.
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New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on June 11th from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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Summer Scaries: New Middle Grade Horror
There's nothing quite like reading late into a summer night, perhaps around a campfire or while holding a flashlight under the covers. For those middle grade readers that like there books with a scare (or several) we've put together a list to make this summer the scariest yet!
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Star-Studded Summer Reads
As the summer season kicks into full swing, it's the perfect time for readers to unwind and enjoy some leisurely reading. Whether your young patrons are diving into stories at the beach or curling up with a book in their backyard, we've got just the titles to keep them engaged. In this blog, we've gathered a selection of highly acclaimed books for children and teens that have received stellar reviews in 2024. These carefully curated picks are sure to be a hit, making it easy for you to recommend the very best in summer reading. Happy recommending!
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New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on June 4th from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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Behind the Book: Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor
Perhaps you know author and illustrator from his Caldecott Honor winning title, Mel Fell. Or maybe you fell in love with Simon and the Better Bone. Or you  might recognize his name from the not one, not two, but three Giesel awards his Fox series has received.  No matter how you first got introduced to Tabor's works, you'll definitely need to get your hands on his latest picture book Ursula Upside Down. In it, he once again turns the book itself into a part of the story by encouraging readers to flip it upside down as they read certain pages.
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New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on May 28th from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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The Bakerspace - Creative Chemistry: Author Guest Post by Kim Smith
Kim Smith is the author of perennial STEM favorite Boxitects and has brought us another tasty treat of a STEM book with Baker Makers. We asked her to talk a little bit about how science and baking go hand-in-hand and her own experiments with concocting sweet treats in the kitchen.
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New Book Tuesday
Perfect new children's book, middle grade book, and teen book titles for your school and library releasing on May 21st from HarperCollins Children's Books.
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Behind the Book: Shift Happens by J. Albert Mann
Teen readers are at a transitional point in their lives. For many, it will be when they earn their first paycheck (and have their first hands-on experience with taxes). Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States is an eye opening look at the history of work and unions in the US. Readers will appreciate the short chapters and relevant information while they learn about how the actions of workers, often children and teens, has shaped America.
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Read Me in the Middle: Best Books for 7th and 8th Graders
We've heard over and over from librarians and educators about how difficult it can be to navigate middle grade and teen books to find the ones with the most appeal for 7th and 8th grade students. We've put our heads together and assembled an amazing list of books that you can feel confident handing your middle school readers!
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