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Blog and teaching resources. Social emotional learning through stories, read-aloud ideas, "New Book Tuesday"

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HarperStacks: School & Library Team at HarperCollins Children's Books

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HarperStacks provides book recommendations for grades K-12, related activities, educator resources, and reading group guides for teachers and librarians.

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Blog, resources, teacher groups

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This video and blog post are part of Build Your Stack 1. Go to independent bookstores and talk to the people who work there. ,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and their classroom libraries. The video was recorded by NCTE member Colby Sharp. In case you don't enjoy watching videos, we have reformatted it into a blog below-but we highly recommend watching the video, as Colby's energy and love of books are contagious! 2. Find friends who love books.
I'm going to share with you the five things that I do to stay on top of the latest and greatest in children's literature.
3. Follow people who love books on social media.
People who work at bookstores know books so well; their livelihood depends on them knowing books. One of my favorite bookstores is Bookbug in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
4. Subscribe to publishers' channels on YouTube.
People who love books love nothing more than sharing the books they love with other people. The more book friends you have, the more book recommendations you'll get.

Whether it's Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, if you follow people who LOVE books, you're going to get all kinds of great book recommendations.
5. This is the most important: Listen to your students.
Once you've subscribed, I recommend clicking the bell icon; every time a publisher puts out a new book trailer, it gets emailed to me and I get to watch it. That really helps me to stay on top of and know what's coming out and get really excited about it. Then I can show those trailers to my students, and we're all book-crazy-excited!

Here are a few publishers that I recommend:

My students are readers; my students love books; my students have favorite authors. I know that if I'm reading for them, then I should be looking at what they're reading, what they're talking about. I should be paying attention to how they browse the classroom library and how they shop at a book fair. My students know what they like, so if I'm going to be the best teacher that I can be for them, I need to be reading the books that they're loving.

How do you stay on top of the latest and greatest in children's literature? Let us know on social media using #BuildYourStack!

Colby Sharp is a fifth-grade teacher in Parma, Michigan. He is the editor of The Creativity Project, coauthor of Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids with Donalyn Miller, Vice President of the Michigan Reading Association, and co-host of The Yarn Podcast with Travis Jonker.

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Build Your Stack: Five Ways to Stay on Top of the Latest and Greatest in Children's Literature

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This video and blog post are part of Build Your Stack 1. Go to independent bookstores and talk to the people who work there. ,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and their classroom libraries. The video was recorded by NCTE member Colby Sharp.

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Classroom ideas, book recommendations, free printables

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We Are Teachers - Ideas and inspiration for reaching the next generation

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We Are Teachers is a proud community of K-12 educators, sharing ideas, resources, and awesome freebies and giveaways.

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Watch book trailers with students to promote excitement about books!

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books education librarians teachers kids families

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Welcome to Scholastic, the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology and children's media! Scholastic creates quality books and ebooks, print and technology-based learning materials and programs, magazines, multi-media and other products that help children learn both at school and at home.

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Current children's books best sellers list

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Children’s Picture Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times

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The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.

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Free lesson plans, worksheets, and activities

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Browse Educational Resources. Award winning educational materials designed to help kids succeed. Start for free now!

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Best book lists for any topic: Books about Jewish characters, Black history, books with deaf characters, books with characters with learning disabilities, etc.

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Best Books for Kids | Common Sense Media

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Find the best books for kids: Whether you're looking for classic kids' books, best-sellers, or great new book recommendations, these are the best page-turners!

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All things reading! How children learn, classroom strategies, reading at home tips, book lists

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Explore reading basics as well as the key role of background knowledge and motivation in becoming a lifelong reader and learner. Watch our PBS Launching Young Readers series and try our self-paced Reading 101 course to deepen your understanding.