I have been remiss. I got a big stack of books at #ncte2024 with the intent of reading and posting to give some books a bit of media love.
First: The Isle of Ever by @jencalonita.bsky.social
On sale 3.25.25
MG with a game, an inheritance, dashes of history, a legend, and even a pirate. Loved it!
This is the cover of Randy Ribay's book "Everything We Never Had." There is a background silhouetted in yellow of a hand picking a fruit off a tree. Foregrounded on the cover are an image of three male-appearing people, all different generations. They look Filipino/Pinoy. One is a teenager, one is a middle aged adult, and the other is an elder who is walking a dog on a leash.
My relaxing read tonight that I got from #NCTE2024
A selfie of me, a white person with short sandy hair and pale green glasses, wearing a black face mask and a teal shirt that reads “librarian” in rainbow letters, and acclaimed author Christina Soontornvat as she holds up the most recent book in her middle grade Legends of Lotus Island series - Book 4, Temple of Secrets
A photo of me, a white person with short sandy hair and pale green glasses, wearing a pale green face mask and matching button-down shirt worn open over a white We Need LGBTQ+ Books dragon tee, standing with acclaimed author Jasmine Warga, whose most recent middle grade book is entitled A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hal
An extremely blurry selfie of me, a white person with short sandy hair and pale green glasses, wearing a black face mask and a white fleecy button down, with acclaimed author Kwame Alexander. I am holding up an advanced copy of his upcoming middle grade book J vs. K, cocreated with Jerry Craft, and he is holding his Emmy Award for executive producing an adaptation of his verse novel The Crossover on Disney+
i met so many lovely people at #ncte2024 two weeks ago that i couldn’t possibly tag them all, but i did want to share some photos i took with some of my students’ favorite authors (aka making me a Really Cool librarian) @soontornvat.bsky.social
So grateful to Liz Blye who drove allllll of these amazing books home from #NCTE2024 for me! Can’t wait to get reading!
Hello Bluesky community! After chatting with so many authors and educators at #NCTE2024, I finally decided to dive in! I'm a children's author of lyrical nonfiction picture books and poetry. Excited to connect!
Still pondering this data presented by Kylene Beers at #NCTE2024
ALL students deserve to be exposed to high level thinking and learning.
Another gem that came home with me from #NCTE2024
It's an ode to the uniqueness and potential of each child. Thank you @mattdelapena.bsky.social #Edusky
One of the many gems that came home with me from #NCTE2024. #Edusky
"It is about creating a classroom community that centers students: honoring the identities of everyone in the room, undertaking thoughtful and empathic reading..."
Thank you @danaclarklit.bsky.social @quichewrites.bsky.social
Started reading stuff I picked up at #NCTE2024
Starts off a bit heavy handed on the "I'm a girl from a conservative Jewish family" but it settles into a fun read.
I'm not sure about the representation, so
I'll be following up with a few of my students about it.
A girl draws a picture of a bear with crayons, using a toy bear as a model.
A picture really IS worth 1,000 words. “Children who draw before they tackle writing tasks produce better writing--it's longer, more syntactically sophisticated and has a greater variety of vocabulary.” - Misty Adoniou, So why not count drawing as time on writing? From my #NCTE2024 presentation
My biggest regret of #NCTE2024 was not getting a picture with @heymrsbond.bsky.social, but I am so so glad I got to meet you. 💖 Sending love and hope this week is full of rest for you.
Hope you got a chance to pick up a signed book at #NCTE2024 - and if you did, please leave a review online if you can 🙏🙏🙏
Using my first new idea from #NCTE2024 in the classroom today. My Craft of Writing students will write an emulation poem based on "Why Fathers Cry at Night" by Kwame Alexander. Thanks to Bridgette Gallagher for the lesson!
The book Stealing Little Moon: The legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schoo”s by Dan Sasuweh Jones
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. #BookSky #NCTE2024
#9
Early Concept sketch for SAFE CROSSING, a book about citizen scientists helping during amphibian migration.
Yes! It was really an honor to have our panel get chosen for #NCTE2024 - I heard from other amazing people who pitched several ideas and got turned down. I hope the teachers who attended find some of the ideas we shared useful in their classrooms.
End of #ALAN2024 and #NCTE2024
Learned a ton. Saw folks. Got books. Lots and lots of books.
Now to continue the work.
I know y'all have the award winners listed somewhere -- help a librarian out! #NCTE #NCTE2024 #TLSky #YSLSky #Librarians #EduSky #skybrarians 📚 🍎
My first-ever legit book signing line at #NCTE2024 !!!
At nearly midnight Pakistan time, my phone pinged twice. Dear friends at #ncte2024 @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social and @cindyjensonelliot spotted my debut PB bio: Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect on the Orbis Pictus list of recommended books! What a wonderful surprise! Wohooo! @harpercollins.bsky.social
Lovely seeing all the wonderful photos from #ncte2024 so happy for everyone who got to attend. #kidlit authors and presenters,what is one piece of advice you would give some one planning to attend such a conference in the future? Also, out of all the library and teachers conferences, which is best?
Author/illustrator Kari Percival, walking on a split log path through Ponkapoag Bog, immersed in beauty, surrounded by beauty: shimmering water, moss, trees, woods.
"For me, if I’m stuck staring at a blank page, it’s because I’m skipped an important step: the PRE-VERBAL step.
Images and visions arrive BEFORE words."- from our talk at #NCTE2024 "Professional Writing Methods for Reluctant Writers" with @cekster.bsky.social & @phaeacrede.bsky.social #kidlit
An infographic that says, “the three R’s of supporting an author for free: Read the books; Review the books; Request books to be purchased by your library or School. The background is light orange and the words are placed a white rectangles with orange blows listings the 1, 2, and 3.
I have lots of reviews to write to support the many authors and illustrators at #NCTE2024!
It was such a pleasure presenting this workshop with @kariallenwrites.bsky.social and @carriefinison.bsky.social at #ncte2024! We'd love to present this workshop at other teacher conferences. #kidlit #teachers #teachereducation
A whirlwind few days at #ncte2024! I hope these pics give you a flavor of the fun, zany and surreal moments that made it so memorable🤩
Loved meeting, connecting, hugging and sharing book love with educators, librarians, editors, publishers and creatives.
Joyous, Heartful, Inspiring, Hopeful.
Is there a list of the books that received honors/awards at #NCTE #NCTE2024? I am on a massive book buying spree right now.
#TLSky #YSLSky #librarians #GLAMs #skybriarians #publibs 📚🍎
"I never used canned pumpkin, I always make me own alongside my family," she said.
"And yet you'll use a canned curriculum with your readers and writers," I replied.
She was not amused.
#ncte2024
