You guys, books are my favorite. Well, okay, my kids are really my favorite, most days. And my students, most days. And then my dog. And there's also coffee...but books are up there on the short list of Most Amazing Things Ever. I read a lot of them. And I have a lot of parents ask me, "hey, what should my kid read?" And finally I put it together and thought I'd take a swing at answering that question. It will be long. It will brim with sometimes-tiresome enthusiasm, and too many exclamation points. You have been warned.
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What Should I Read Next?
In Which a Teacher (spoiler alert: me) Blogs About Her Favorite (and Unfavorite) Books for Kids and Young Adults.
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Hoagies' Gifted
This website has tons of links to all things gifted, and they include a bunch of reading lists here. I have been using this site for years. If I ever meet them, I must ask them about that apostrophe.
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Other Places to Look
For the moment, here is a link to a site purportedly listing the 50 best kids' book blogs. Some of these I recognize, some I do not. Tons and tons of things to choose from.
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