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            24 Articles Categorized Under Community & School Reads Kids

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Biography & Autobiography Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Historical Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction General
            March 23 2021

            NEW! Penguin Random House Classroom Libraries

            “Books are a students’ passport to entering and actively participating in a global society with the empathy, compassion, and knowledge it takes to become the problem solvers the world needs.” –Laura Robb   Research shows that reading and literacy directly impacts students’ academic success and personal growth. To help promote the importance of daily independent

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            NEW! Penguin Random House Classroom Libraries

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Biography & Autobiography Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Historical Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction General
            March 23 2021
            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction
            May 15 2019

            Baltimore Student Reflects on Reading DEAR MARTIN

            By Kayla, 7th-grade student, City Springs Elementary/Middle School What happens when a community decides to tackle some of the most complex issues of our time? What happens when we decide to stare racism and police brutality in the face and seek to find ways to overcome it? We came together as a city to try

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            Baltimore Student Reflects on Reading DEAR MARTIN

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction
            May 15 2019
            women of color common reads
            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids First-Year Reading
            August 22 2018

            Women of Color: Common Reading Selections for All Ages

            Women’s history is still under-discussed and undervalued, doubly so when it comes to the history of women of color.  We’re highlighting some of our recent favorite titles, bringing these women’s stories and perspectives to the forefront.

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            Women of Color: Common Reading Selections for All Ages

            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids First-Year Reading
            August 22 2018
            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction
            May 8 2018

            AMAL UNBOUND is a 2018 Global Read Aloud

            The 2018 Global Read Aloud selections were announced and Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed was the upper elementary/middle grade selection! The Global Read Aloud aims to connect teachers and students across the globe by reading aloud the same book during a set 6-week period every fall. Amal Unbound is story of a girl’s fight to regain

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            AMAL UNBOUND is a 2018 Global Read Aloud

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction
            May 8 2018
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            March 7 2018

            WE ARE OKAY Wins the Michael L. Printz Award

            Every January (or sometimes February), the ALA youth media awards are announced at the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference. Among those awards is the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature for YA books published in the previous calendar year. This year’s honorees included heavyweights such as Jason Reynolds’ Long Way Down and Angie

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            WE ARE OKAY Wins the Michael L. Printz Award

            Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids
            March 7 2018
            Perfect Score
            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction
            November 1 2017

            How his job as a classroom teacher helped THE PERFECT SCORE author Rob Buyea discover the power of audiobooks.

            We’re thrilled to welcome author Rob Buyea to the Common Reads blog to share his own personal experience with audiobooks and why they are perfect for teachers and students.

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            Perfect Score

            How his job as a classroom teacher helped THE PERFECT SCORE author Rob Buyea discover the power of audiobooks.

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction
            November 1 2017
            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction General
            October 13 2017

            FENWAY AND HATTIE Global Read Aloud!

            The 2017 Global Read Aloud kicked off this month and features Victoria J. Coe’s Fenway and Hattie for its early reader selection! The Global Read Aloud aims to connect teachers and students across the globe by reading aloud the same book during a set 6-week period.  The project started on October 2nd and runs until

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            FENWAY AND HATTIE Global Read Aloud!

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction General
            October 13 2017
            Pearsall
            Community & School Reads Kids
            August 31 2017

            Around the World with THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING by Shelley Pearsall

            by Shelley Pearsall Last summer, my novel The Seventh Most Important Thing went around the globe. It traveled in suitcases and backpacks to Israel, France, Iceland, and England. It sat on a beach. It became part of someone’s wedding photo. It went to football practice. Mayfield High School, a large suburban high school outside Cleveland,

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            Pearsall

            Around the World with THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING by Shelley Pearsall

            Community & School Reads Kids
            August 31 2017
            New Titles for August!
            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids First-Year Reading
            August 23 2017

            New Titles for August!

            As the summer winds down we wanted to highlight our titles that have just been added to the Common Reads site. If you’re looking for some inspiration to get outdoors in the final weeks of the season, consider reading Trespassing Across America, by Ken Ilgunas. Or if you’re considering fiction titles for a younger audience, Indie Next

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            New Titles for August!

            New Titles for August!

            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids First-Year Reading
            August 23 2017
            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Historical Fiction General
            August 11 2017

            SALT TO THE SEA is Now in Paperback!

            We’re so excited to see Ruta Sepetys’s latest masterful historical fiction title, Salt to the Sea, is out in paperback! Salt to the Sea is an emotionally wrought, epic WWII-era novel that shines a light on one of the war’s most devastating–yet unknown–tradgedies. Perfect for readers of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot Sea, Ruta

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            SALT TO THE SEA is Now in Paperback!

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Historical Fiction General
            August 11 2017
            Community & School Reads Kids General
            June 21 2017

            Tips for Creating a Community Reading Program

            America is a nation of over 316 million individuals. Although many of us praise our unique American individuality, we also create strong communities. Some of those communities revolve around family, religion, enthusiasm for a sports team, hobbies or pastimes. But we also have the opportunity to build a community of readers, a community built around

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            Tips for Creating a Community Reading Program

            Community & School Reads Kids General
            June 21 2017
            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids
            May 31 2017

            One Book, One Community: Spotlight on Medina, OH

            We love nothing more than hearing about an entire community supporting and sharing the experience of reading one book together. Because One Book programs are so vital to supporting literacy and library systems as a whole, we think it is important and helpful to recognize the communities that excel at these kind of events. Today we’re focusing on Medina, Ohio

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            One Book, One Community: Spotlight on Medina, OH

            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Kids
            May 31 2017
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