NCTE Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
#NCTE21 attendees & members: NCTE's Winter Book Discussion Series continues Feb. 9, 7 p.m. ET! Join to discuss, engage & consider classroom applications of "Harlem Shuffle" by Colson Whitehead. https://ncte.org/winter-book-discussion/ #WinterBookDiscussion #ColsonWhitehead #HarlemShuffle #AARI22 https://t.co/aXwAVW6StA
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Kaela Rivera
CECE RIOS AND THE DESERT OF SOULS, by Kaela Rivera, is the 2022 Charlotte Huck Award Winner. Find the complete list of Honor and Recommended books here: https://ncte.org/awards/ncte-childrens-book-awards/charlotte-huck-award/ https://t.co/IaFz0QDMtQ
Paperback, 2022
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Traci N. Todd
NINA: A STORY OF NINA SIMONE, by Traci N. Todd and illustrated by Christian Robinson, is the 2022 Orbis Pictus Award Winner. Find the complete list of Honor and Recommended books here: https://ncte.org/awards/orbis-pictus-award-nonfiction-for-children/ https://t.co/9WQuFKAC2u
Hardcover, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Our book rationale database provides unique perspectives & justifications for challenged titles & emphasizes the importance of diverse storytelling. #NCTE member Pepper Worthington prepared this #rationale for #THECOLORPURPLE by Alice Walker: https://t.co/yq3qISrcC4 https://t.co/DQn8DYGiU1
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hope: Cancer Awareness I Cancer I Leukemia
Publishing Journal
If publishing is a professional goal you hope to obtain, RESEARCH IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH (RTE) is looking for manuscripts! #RTE is a broad-based, multidisciplinary journal composed of original research articles and short scholarly essays. https://t.co/R6fBma3zxu #WriteForUs https://t.co/MRGEi5qjuq
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Loud Mouse
Idina Menzel
One of the most distinct voices of our time + a prominent author & former teacher = the dynamic sister duo @idinamenzel & @CaraMentzel! NCTE welcomes them to assist in leading a powerful candle-lighting ceremony at #NCTE22 & for signings of their lyrical picture book, LOUD MOUSE! https://t.co/jnSkmtDREG
Hardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reading and Learning: A Handbook for Adults
Pat Campbell
The NCTE James R. Squire Office of Policy Research in English Language Arts unveiled new policy briefs during last evening's Leading and Learning series kickoff. Read more about the briefs and RSVP to the rest of the series now (next event is tonight): https://t.co/SHUDwvLqK4. https://t.co/lQof9USIHX
Paperback, 2003
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unaccompanied
Javier Zamora
BIG NEWS: NCTE is thrilled to spotlight Javier Zamora (@jzsalvipoet), author of UNACCOMPANIED and SOLITO, as the #NCTE22 Opening General Session Keynote Speaker! Hear from Zamora & other stellar distinguished #NCTE22 speakers, in person or virtually: https://t.co/jO2an6QBIE https://t.co/h3Fx7DKN69
Paperback, 2017
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Learning to Be Literate: More Than a Single Story
Deborah MacPhee
To disrupt the creation of a single assessment story, educators can frame assessment as advocacy work. Learn from NCTE member Bobbi Kabuto in “Literacy Assessment as Advocacy: LEARNING TO BE LITERATE: MORE THAN A SINGLE STORY, Part 1,” on the #NCTEblog: https://t.co/XTKkhPZoul https://t.co/VWsctJDNkP
Paperback, 2023
$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Milo Imagines the World
Matt de la Peña
Matt de la Peña starts the last day of #NCTEHomecoming with a reading of his book “Milo Imagines the World,” and provides an in depth look at perspectives and storytelling. “Do not write what you see. Write what will be seen.” @mattdelapena https://t.co/EIr6f0kq1G
Hardcover, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book