Celebrating 25 Books Over 25 Years: Bird
LEE & LOW BOOKS celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and to recognize how far the company has come, we are featuring one title a week to see how it is being used in classrooms today as well,...
View ArticleBuilding Classroom Community in Second Grade
Check out LEE & LOW BOOKS’ Building Classroom Community Unit for Second Grade! The FREE and downloadable unit consists of eight read aloud lesson plans to inspire your best classroom community yet....
View ArticleNext Story Time, Have Dulé Hill Read to Your Students
Actor Dulé Hill reads As Fast As Words Could Fly on Storyline Online As Fast As Words Could Fly was selected by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation for its latest read aloud on Storyline Online, an...
View ArticleTeaching Tolerance and Anti-Bullying
Want to foster empathy and tolerance? Through Booklist, we recently explored how to use culturally responsive titles in a library’s tolerance and anti-bullying units and book collections. In addition...
View ArticleCelebrate International Jazz Day with Viola Davis
For your next read aloud, how about adding in some lively rhythms of New Orleans jazz and an award-winning storyteller? Just in time for International Jazz Day on April 30th and during Jazz...
View Article15 Ideas When Your Child Hates Reading
Short quiz: Which best describes why you are reading this post: A.) Your child is a struggling or reluctant reader B.) You are looking to refresh your family’s bedtime reading routine C.) You are...
View Article10 Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Realistic Dialogue
You’re a writer working on a manuscript and you’ve finally got your two most important characters in the same room. There’s tension between them. One character has a question and the other has the...
View ArticleTips for Reading Poetry Aloud to Children
Since Poetry Month is in full swing, we asked some of our poets at Lee & Low Books to provide tips for reading poetry to kids and students. Read suggestions from Pat Mora, author of Yum! ¡Mmmm!...
View ArticleBehind the Novel Effect Soundscape: Baseball Saved Us
Novel Effect, a free voice interactive storytelling app, syncs theme music and sound effects to stories as you read them aloud. By now, you may have explored some of the Lee & Low titles available...
View ArticleNew Release: My Magic Wand by Pat Mora and illustrated by Amber Alvarez
Today is the release day for My Magic Wand: Growing with the Seasons! From bestselling Latina author Pat Mora comes a collection of poems celebrating a young child’s growth and everyday experiences...
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