3 School Settings, 3 Ways to Celebrate Día (Children’s Day/Book Day)
This text is reprinted from Bringing “Bookjoy” and Cultural Awareness to Children Nationwide (The Council Chronicle, March 2016), by Lorna Collier. …
3 Connected Reading Practices
This text is excerpted from Connected Reading: Teaching Adolescent Readers in a Digital World by Kristen Hawley Turner and Troy …
25th Anniversary of National Poetry Month
The Academy of American Poets is celebrating the twenty-fifth year of National Poetry Month. How can you celebrate? The Academy …
2025 Award-Winning Books by Indigenous Authors
The 2025 Children’s Book Awards, announced at the Children’s Book Awards Luncheon on November 23 in Boston, was a thrilling …
2024 Divergent Awards Recognize NCTE Titles
This year, a number of NCTE publications earned Divergent Award distinctions. Congratulations to these NCTE authors! Restorying Young Adult Literature: …
2020 NCTE Verse
“I enjoyed learning about poets who I was unfamiliar with. It felt like as a teacher, I was celebrating a …
2020 Mathical Book Prize Award Winners
This post was written by guest author Fran Wilson. Looking for some new titles to foster a positive attitude …
2020 Children’s Book Week Takes Place May 4-10
Children’s Book Week, an annual celebration of books for kids and teens, was launched in 1919 and is the longest-running …
2019 Notable Poetry Books
“Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief—everything that is human.” —F. Sionil José Each year, the Excellence in Poetry for Children Award committee …
2019 CCCC Award Winners
During the 2019 CCCC Convention in Pittsburgh last week, we gathered to celebrate the work of CCCC colleagues. Congratulations to …