Jennie Smith

I got this one at NCTE! I’ll be moving it to the top of my list!

Day 4…

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 3…

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

Day 2..

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

Book cover RACE TO THE TRUTH: COLONIZATION AND THE WAMPANOAG STORY shows a Wampanoag woman with long braids paddling a canoe

Book cover HISTORY SMASHERS THE MAYFLOWER shows a pile of Pilgrims dressed in black and white crowded on a ship with a speech bubble that says "It totally didn't happen this way."

Please don't tell kids that old "First Thanksgiving" myth and pass it off as actual history. Share books like these this week instead.

Sherri L Smith:
History is always relevant. It’s unfortunate that we keep treading these same paths, but thank god we always have families who love each other.
#ALAN24

I am so looking forward to using her book with my students!

“Rock bottom is a firm foundation to build on.” @joshgalarza.bsky.social “ALAN24

At ALAN @kwamembalia.bsky.social said, “Before I was a writer, I was a reader.” Such a succinct reminder that supporting our students’ reading lives is important work. Reading & writing are so intrinsically linked & our kids need time to read widely so they can write powerfully. #ALAN24 #EduSky

“Let the fire bring life.” #RandyRibay talking about how fierce heat opens sequoia’s seeds and—even as times are difficult—reading and books, teachers and librarians, can help spread the seeds and continue to bring life. #ALAN24

Seema Yasmin talks of building “cognitive resistance” to disinformation. “Teach students to spot a lie.” #ALAN24

An inspirational ending of Day 1 of #ALAN24 with Randy Ribay's metaphor of the sequoia tree facts as related to letting them read.