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Great post and NF resources via nerdybookclub

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Great post and NF resources via nerdybookclub

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Mini Lesson on NF texts with Melissa Stewart

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Mini Lesson on NF texts with Melissa Stewart

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"Working with Steve has been a joy. He's so knowledgeable and so enthusiastic. The book offers an upclose look at Pinocchio Rex, a fascinating newly-discovered dinosaur, and reveals the little known history and development of the entire tyrannosaur family. Kids are going to love it."

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In naming this award, The Cook Prize, Bank Street not only honors Michael and Don for their intangible contributions to the world of education, but encourages excellence in publishing informational books on STEM topics for elementary-aged children.

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CCBC Choices 2018 is a fully annotated and bound booklet listing 245 books published in 2017 for birth through high school-age recommended by the CCBC professional staff. Author/title/illustrator and subject indexes are included.

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Award Details
Nomination Deadline: October 15
Members of the Orbis Pictus Award Committee select the award recipient and up to five honor books annually. Although only one title is singled out for the award each year, up to five honor books are also recognized. Eight additional recommended books can be named.

Learn more about the Committee and apply to be a member.

Books must have been published and/or distributed in the United States during the calendar year. Nominations of individual books may come from publishers, NCTE membership, and from the educational community at large. Any title of nonfiction literature which has as its central purpose the sharing of information may be nominated. This includes biography, but excludes textbooks, historical fiction, folklore, or poetry.

Nonfiction books are defined as those written, designed, and organized to interpret documentable, factual material for children. Books must be an original work.

The following are ineligible: traditional literature (e.g., folktales), poetry, and book reissues.

Each nomination should meet the following literary criteria:

Accuracy -current and complete facts, balance of fact and theory, varying point of view, avoidance of stereotypes, author's qualifications adequate, appropriate scope, authenticity of detail

Organization -logical development, clear sequence, interrelationships indicated, patterns provided (general-to-specific, simple-to-complex, etc.)

Design -attractive, readable, illustrations complement text, placement of illustrative material appropriate and complementary, appropriate media, format, type

Style -writing is interesting, stimulating, reveals author's enthusiasm for subject; curiosity and wonder encouraged, appropriate terminology, rich language

In addition, each nomination should be useful in classroom teaching grades K-8, should encourage thinking and more reading, model exemplary expository writing and research skills, share interesting and timely subject matter, and appeal to a wide range of ages.

The award is presented annually by the Chair of the Orbis Pictus Award Committee at the Children's Book Awards Luncheon during the NCTE Annual Convention.

The award-winning author and/or illustrator receive a plaque and are the featured speaker(s) at the luncheon.

The honor book author(s) and/or illustrator(s) are recognized, receive a certificate, and are invited to present at a session following the luncheon.

Nominations must be submitted to the Award Committee by October 15. One copy of each book nominated should be sent to the committee members for examination. Advanced copies or galley proofs are acceptable and encouraged, especially for books published after October 15.

Contact bookawards@ncte.org for award committee member information to nominate a book.

Orbis Pictus Award seals are available to accompany winning books and their future printings. The seals serve to endorse the excellence of the books and distinguish them from among the thousands of books published each year. Seals are $.20 each and available in gold for winning books, silver for honor books, and bronze for recommended books.

To place an order, please call our customer service department toll-free at 1-877-369-6283.

2018 Orbis Pictus Awards

2018 Winner

Grand Canyon
by Jason Chin
(Roaring Brook Press)

Honor Books:

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee & Illustrated by Man One (Readers to Eaters)

Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion by Chris Barton & Illustrated by Victo Ngai (Millbrook Press)

Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers & Illustrated by Shawn Harris (Chronicle Books)

The Quilts of Gee's Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin (Abrams Books for Young Readers)

Recommended Books:

Fault Lines in the Constitution by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson (Peachtree Publishers)

Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd by Mary Losure (Candlewick Press)

The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found by Martin W. Sandler (Candlewick Press)

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Orbis Pictus Award (nonfiction for children) - NCTE

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Nomination Deadline: October 15 Members of the Orbis Pictus Award Committee select the award recipient and up to five honor books annually. Although only one title is singled out for the award each year, up to five honor books are also recognized. Eight additional recommended books can be named.

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Check out the NF Picture book challenge via Aly Beecher and Friends

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Check out the NF Picture book challenge via Aly Beecher and Friends

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Book recommendations, author interviews, and literacy © 2010-2014 Alyson Beecher

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Perfect Pairs

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Copyright 2001- Melissa Stewart. All rights reserved. All materials on this site may be copied for classroom or library use but may not be reprinted or resold for commercial purposes. This website is COPPA compliant. If you are a child under age 13 and wish to contact Melissa Stewart, please use the email address of a teacher, librarian, or parent with that adult's permission. Webhost Privacy Policy.

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Copyright 2001- Melissa Stewart. All rights reserved. All materials on this site may be copied for classroom or library use but may not be reprinted or resold for commercial purposes. This website is COPPA compliant. If you are a child under age 13 and wish to contact Melissa Stewart, please use the email address of a teacher, librarian, or parent with that adult's permission.

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New Book! Cover Reveal! - I am thrilled to show you the cover for my forthcoming book with National Geographic Kids, entitled Dog Days of History. It's the history of the human/dog relationship from ancient times to the present. Releasing March 27th, 2018!

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Hi, I'm Sarah. I write books for kids, ranging from very young toddlers all the way up to 12- or 13-year-olds. To learn more about me and my books, click on the links above, or on anything that looks like it might lead you somewhere interesting.

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Loree is thrilled to be returning to the Museum of Science for their annual weekend-long celebration of caterpillars and butterflies. Event details coming soon.

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Wonder with Current Events

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Wordless News | One headline per day, vowel and consonant free.

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One headline per day, vowel and consonant free.

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#PDLove titles for reading, writing and thinking about NF

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#PDLove titles for reading, writing and thinking about NF

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https://www.nonfictionminute.org/

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Current Events Leveled Texts & Text Sets

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It's time to improve literacy skills during social studies instruction and ensure that readers of all abilities have what they need to access grade-level social studies concepts.

Join us on Thursday, December 7 for a look at scaffolded materials that provide extra literacy support while building key social studies concepts and skills.

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Newsela | Content and assessment platform

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Content Aligned To National & State Standard, Flexible To Support Relevant Curriculum. Find the Perfect Piece Of Content For Lessons. Go beyond the book.

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"The Antidote for a Hurried Childhood" was what the called my middle grade nonfiction book, The Slowest Book Ever (Boyds Mills Press, release in April, 2016) in a sneak peek article by last year. This book has line drawings by the fabulous . It's reviewed by the esteemed in their upcoming (February) issue. The wonderful will be sharing it with their subscribers in July, 2016.

Floored and thrilled that RAINDROPS ROLL was just named

Woodpecker Wham! was released today by Henry Holt. So excited to have this third collaboration with illustrator Steve Jenkins, thanks to Holt. (You can support our work to share nature and science with kids via our other two titles, as well: Vulture View and Eat Like a Bear.)

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April Pulley Sayre Author Photo illustrator

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"The Antidote for a Hurried Childhood" was what the called my middle grade nonfiction book, The Slowest Book Ever (Boyds Mills Press, release in April, 2016) in a sneak peek article by last year. This book has line drawings by the fabulous . It's reviewed by the esteemed in their upcoming (February) issue.

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Often the first to be in full leaf, the horse chestnut trees are already looking rusty and worn, as if they simply haven't got the energy to go on. No wonder really, considering what they're making: thousands of spiked, green cannonballs with mahogany works of art inside. Conkers!

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moss:

Any of a class of very small, soft, green or brown plants that grow low and close together in clumps or carpets that cover damp ground, rocks or tree. Mosses do not have flowers but reproduce by forming spores.

Explore Science Dictionary

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SeymourSimon.com : Award-Winning Children's Science Author -

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Inquiry and Investigations

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I am a Canadian author who writes both fiction and non-fiction for young readers. My newest non-fiction book, Going Wild: Helping Nature Thrive in Cities, hit the shelves on March 20, 2018.

You can order the books below or at any bookstore. For signed, personalised books, please contact me directly. Or if you'd like to buy an ebook, please click here.

michelle@michellemulder.com

Going Wild: Helping Nature Thrive in Cities

* Now in stores!

Going wild. We don't see it as a good thing. And why would we? For most of our time on earth, humanity has been running from lions and other wilderness dangers. We've worked hard to make our local landscapes as safe and convenient as possible. Sometimes that's meant paving over areas that might burst into weeds. Other times, we've dammed rivers for electricity or irrigation. But now pollution, climate change and disruptions to the water cycle are affecting the world in ways we never anticipated. What if the new key to making our lives safer (and even healthier) is to allow the wilderness back into our cities?

pocket change: pitching in for a better world

* a Junior Library Guild selection, the children's non-fiction honor winner for the 2017 Green Earth Book Awards, shortlisted for the Silver Birch Non-fiction Award 2018, and selected for Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2017 (starred selection)

Around the world, people are questioning consumerism and leaning toward more sustainable lifestyles. What if you could meet all your needs while getting to know your neighbours and protecting the environment at the same time? Find out how growing a tiny cabbage can fight poverty, how a few dollars can help ten families start their own businesses and how running errands for a neighbour can help you learn to become a bike mechanic - for free!

trash talk: moving toward a zero-waste world

* shortlisted for the Red Cedar Non-fiction Book Award 2017, the Canadian Library Association's 2016 Book of the Year For Children Award, the Silver Birch Non-fiction Award 2016, a Hackmatack Children's Choice Award 2017, and the Green Earth Book Award 2016; nominated for the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award 2015

Waste not, want not.

Humans have always generated garbage, whether it's a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested. Trash Talk digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many innovative ways people all over the world are dealing with waste.

every last drop: bringing clean water home

* shortlisted for the Green Earth Book Award 2015, the Red Cedar Award 2015, and the Silver Birch Non-fiction Award 2014; and selected for Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2014 (starred selection)

In the developed world, if you want a drink of water you just turn on a tap or open a bottle. But for millions of families worldwide, finding clean water is a daily challenge, and kids are often the ones responsible for carrying water to their homes. Every Last Drop looks at why the world's water resources are at risk and how communities around the world are finding innovative ways to quench their thirst and water their crops. Maybe you're not ready to drink fog, as they do in Chile, or use water made from treated sewage, but you can get a low-flush toilet, plant a tree, protect a wetland or just take shorter showers. Every last drop counts!

brilliant! shining a light on sustainable energy

* selected for Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2014 and Resource Links "The Year's Best" 2013; and nominated for an Information Book Award 2014

How can pond scum power a car? What is the carbon cycle? How does a wave-energy converter work? Where were the first windmills built? Did you know that cars can run on french-fry grease or that human poop can be used to provide power to classrooms? Kids in Mexico help light up their houses by playing soccer, and in the Philippines, pop-bottle skylights are improving the quality of life for thousands of families. Brilliant! is about what happens when you harness the power of imagination and innovation: the world changes for the better! Full of examples of unusual (and often peculiar) power sources, Brilliant! encourages kids to look around for new and sustainable ways to light up the world.

* shortlisted for a Chocolate Lily Book Award 2015, and selected for Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2013 and Ontario Library Association Best Bets 2013

Dian has been coming to the Dominican Republic with her doctor parents for years. Now that she's thirteen, she had wanted to stay home in Canada, but instead she is helping her parents set up their clinic and looking forward to hanging out with her Dominican friend Aracely. When fourteen-year-old Aracely makes a shocking announcement - she is engaged to be married - Dian struggles to accept that Aracely has the right to choose her own destiny, even if it is very different from what Dian would choose for her.

* selected for Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2012, Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year 2012, and Vancouver Magazine's 7th Annual Summer Recommended Reading List; nominated for a 2011 Cybil Award; and shortlisted for a 2013 Rocky Mountain Book Award

Life goes smoothly for Ellie if she keeps her opinions to herself, gets good grades and tiptoes around her parents' moods. So she's more than happy to spend the summer with her aunt in another city. In the process of clearing out her aunt's basement, she unearths an instrument from Argentina called a bandoneón, which fans the flames of her passion for tango music. When she goes searching for the bandoneón's original owner, she discovers a story of political intrigue and family secrets that helps her start to figure out what's gone wrong in her own family.

* selected for the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011,and shortlisted for the 2010 Bolen Book Children's Book Prize, and the 2011 Chocolate Lily Awards and Rocky Mountain Book Award

Ten-year-old Rosario Ramirez and her family are political refugees from Mexico, trying to make a new life in Canada. After being teased at school, Rosario vows not to speak English again until she can speak with an accent that's one hundred percent Canadian. Since she and her parents plan to spend the whole summer working on BC fruit farms, she will be surrounded by Spanish speakers again. But when her family's closest friend Jose gets terribly sick, Rosario's plans start to unravel. Neither Jose nor Rosario's parents speak English well enough to get him the help he needs. Like it or not, Rosario must face her fears about letting her voice be heard.

yeny and the children for peace

* a starred selection in the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2009, and recommended by the National Chapter of Canada IODE

Yeny and her friends decide to fight against the violence in Colombia. Their weapon? A vote for peace! Yeny's family has escaped from the violence in their mountain village in Colombia to live with cousins in the city. Yeny knows all too well that Colombia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Determined to make a change, she and her friends decide to promote peace by organizing carnivals, parades, and parties for kids in the city. Before long, the peace movement has attracted children from right across the country, and when children gather together to celebrate peace, who knows what might happen?

maggie and the chocolate war

* Also available in French as Maggie et la guerre du chocolat, Les Éditions Hurtubise (2009)

Maggie has been saving her delivery-job money for weeks to buy her best friend, Jo, a chocolate bar for her birthday. It's 1947, and while the war is over and ration tickets are gone, food prices are going up. Then it is announced that the price of chocolate is going up too-now Maggie can never afford to buy a chocolate bar! And neither can the other kids. Maggie and her friends leap into action and wage a strike against the price hike. But what can a bunch of kids do? More than you think!

theodore too and the too-long nap

Illustrated by Yolanda Poplawska

TOOT TOOT! It's Theodore Too's birthday, and all his friends are gathering for a party. There's Macdonald Bridge, George Lighthouse, and Guy Seagull. Cruise Ship Gerta sailed all the way from Germany for the birthday celebrations. Then she went right to sleep, and now she's taking a too-long nap. Theodore Too and friends have to wake her up-or she'll miss the party!

theodore too and the shipwreck school

Illustrated by Yolanda Poplawska

It's a beautiful day in Halifax Harbour, and Theodore Too and Lucy Tug decide to visit the Shipwreck School. But when the tugboats reach the ship, there's no sign of the fish. Where are they? Could they be in trouble? Theodore Too and Lucy Tug work together to save the day.

theodore too and the mystery guest

Illustrated by Yolanda Poplawska

* selected for the TD Summer Reading Club

Theodore Too and Lucy Tug have a mystery to solve! A special guest is coming to Halifax Harbour, but who could it be? With the clues from their friends, the tugboats set out to discover who the mystery guest is before she arrives. And when they meet the beautiful Bluenose II, they make a brand new friend and learn just why everyone loves her.

theodore too and the excuse-me monster

Illustrated by Yolanda Poplawska When Theodore Too, Lucy Tug, and Guy Seagull see a splash in Halifax Harbour, Guy is sure it's a monster ... until the splash says "excuse me" and Guy thinks he's met an excuse-me monster! But the splash is another kind of creature, who quickly wins over Theodore Too and his friends.

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I am a Canadian author who writes both fiction and non-fiction for young readers. My newest non-fiction book, Going Wild: Helping Nature Thrive in Cities , hit the shelves on March 20, 2018. You can order the books below or at any bookstore. For signed, personalised books, please contact me directly.

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What Do Bees Do In Winter?
Check out #WOTDP: The Hive Detective

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Today's Wonder of the Day was inspired by Bo from NC. Bo Wonders, " Where do bees go when it's cold? " Thanks for WONDERing with us, Bo!

When winter rolls around, bears and birds south, but what about the bees? Like every other creature on earth, bees have their own ways of with temperatures during the winter season. One way bees prepare for the winter is by gathering a winter reserve of .

Honeybees head to the when temperatures drop into the 50s. As the weather becomes cool, the honeybees gather in a central area of the and form a "winter ." A winter is much like a you may have seen at a football game - except it lasts all winter!

Bees have one main job in the winter - to take care of the queen bee. This means they must keep her safe and warm.

In order to do so, worker bees surround the queen and form a with their bodies. The worker bees then flutter their wings and shiver. This constant motion and continuous use of energy is how the bees keep the inside temperature of the warm.

In order to keep shivering, the bees must have enough . This is how they get their energy. One of the most important jobs of the beekeeper in the winter is to make sure the supply stays full so the bees can keep shivering.

Though the queen is always at the center of the , worker bees from the outside to the inside of the , so no individual worker bee gets too . The temperature of the ranges from 46 degrees at the to 80 degrees at the . The colder the weather is outside, the more the becomes.

In order to produce body heat and stay alive, honeybees must rely on for energy. Some studies have found that hives of honeybees will consume up to 30 pounds of stored over the course of a single winter. On warmer days, bees will leave the briefly in order to eliminate body outside the .

Fun facts about bees:

Honeybees are the only that produces food eaten by humans.

Worker honeybees are female.

The average worker bee produces only 1/12 teaspoon of over her lifetime.

A worker bee lives about 6 weeks. The queen bee can live to be 5 years old.

To make one pound of , bees must visit 2 million flowers.

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Today's Wonder of the Day was inspired by Bo from NC. Bo Wonders, " Where do bees go when it's cold? " Thanks for WONDERing with us, Bo! When winter rolls around, bears and birds south, but what about the bees? Like every other creature on earth, bees have their own ways of with temperatures during the winter season.

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the poetry friday anthology for science (teacher's edition): poems for the school year integrating science

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The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science (Teacher's Edition): Poems for the School Year Integrating Science, Reading, and Language Arts

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"A treasury of the greatest science poetry for children ever written, with a twist" (NSTA Recommends) This new redesigned version of THE POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGY FOR SCIENCE (K-5 Teacher/Librarian Edition) features 218 poems by 78 award-winning and popular poets-connecting science with reading a...

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@JoEllenMcCarthy

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JoEllen McCarthy is a TheEdCollab Book Ambassador, focusing on K-5 readers (meet our 6-12 Ambassador, Julia, here). JoEllen is an expert in children's reading development and rigorous elementary literacy instruction.

JoEllen McCarthy, an educator for 20+ years, is a lifelong learner and literacy specialist who spends her days teaching and learning alongside students, teachers and administrators to support literacy instruction, as well as student-centered collaborative coaching cycles. As The Educator Collaborative's Book Ambassador, she spreads her enthusiasm for literature through an exploration of mentor texts that emphasize reading and writing connections through conversations about practices that contribute to caring, responsive, classroom communities.

A frequent presenter at regional and national conferences, JoEllen works hands-on in schools and districts to impact professional literacy communities with research and standards-aligned best practices that recognize students as our most important aspect of the curriculum. She is passionate about the heart work of teaching and works to emphasize reading and writing connections, character education, responsive classrooms, and culturally responsive teaching, while championing the power of read alouds and choice to affect independent readers, writers and thinkers. JoEllen facilitates pedagogy with differentiation within the workshop model as a method and mindset for reaching all learners.

JoEllen holds degrees from Loyola, Maryland, NYU, and an administrative degree specializing in staff development from Hofstra. She currently serves as a classroom teacher, literacy specialist, and consultant for the organization she founded, Always Learning . JoEllen is an expert in children's reading development and rigorous elementary literacy instruction, and the author of Layers of Learning h er most recent work on the power of read alouds to connect hearts and minds, available from Stenhouse.

A true believer in the power of collaborating and sharing, JoEllen is proud to be a connected educator, using Twitter as her online "literacy lounge" to share "literacy snapshots" and "#PDlove" to grow ideas and celebrate literacy and learning in action. A proud member of the NerdyBookClub , she can be found tweeting daily about reading, writing, and learning together at @JoEllenMcCarthy .
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JoEllen McCarthy - The Educator Collaborative

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The Educator Collaborative, LLC, is a think tank and professional development organization, innovating the ways educators learn together. We provide literacy and technology professional development for K-12 educators, both onsite and online. Our internationally recognized network of consultants are popular educators, authors, speakers and thought leaders.