A kind and generous grandparent-grandchild duo nourish their neighborhood in this new picture book from critically acclaimed author Toni BuzzeoPa and his grandchild, Jelly Bean, have a sidewalk library filled with stories. Anyone can bring donations or take something to read. Jelly Bean loves the sidewalk library! But what about when their neighbors might need something more than books?Together, Pa and Jelly Bean build a sidewalk pantry right next to the sidewalk library. They get donations from neighbors who have a lot to give, and leave the doors open for those who may not have enough.This charming multigenerational story from award-winning author Toni Buzzeo and rising-star illustrator Zara González Hoang celebrates community, generosity, and creative problem solving.

Empower backseat passengers to become informed backseat drivers with this road sign decoder featuring 35 shaped road signs! From road signs around the neighborhood, like "School Crossing" and "Playground," to signs you zoom past on the highway, this hefty reference board book highlights and explains 35 road and highway signs for the youngest readers on the go. The shaped pages make each sign tactilely memorable, and the carefully crafted one-sentence explanations will easily guide young readers as they contextualize the world that zips past their backseat windows.

From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her biggest discovery to date: Sue the T. rex, the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever unearthed. Named in Sue's honor, Sue the T. rex would be placed on permanent exhibition at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. When Sue Found Sue inspires readers to take a closer look at the world around them and to never lose their brave, adventurous spirits.

In the wide, shining world there is so much to see, and Twiga is curious. But Twiga's tall, tall Mama wants her baby to stay close, stay safe from the dangers that lurk near each irresistible sweet smell and sparkling sight that Twiga finds.
With lyrical text and enchanting illustrations, this story of a mother's love will soothe and delight readers of all ages.

Today's focus on literacy and accountability makes this book a must-have for teachers and librarians who want to learn to collaborate to improve student learning in grades K-6. - A must-have revised edition of the popular Collaborating to Meet Standards series. - Learn to envision, plan, teach, and assess in partnership with colleagues to positively impact student learning. - Be ready to teach these 16 fully collaborative units that have been successfully implemented nationwide. - These practical, standards-based units are just what teachers and librarians need to work together to give students the help they need to achieve and succeed. Your lessons will never be the same once you begin the powerful and beneficial practices Toni Buzzeo spells out so clearly in this second edition of her landmark book.

Buzzeo has written the seminal work on collaboration. This concise, heavy-duty, power-packed volume is filled with the information teachers, librarians, and administrators need to increase levels of collaboration in their schools in order to increase student learning and achievement. Step up to the plate and hit one out of the park for collaboration! Read, learn, and apply these strategies to raise the level of collaboration and achievement in your school! • Offers hands-on tools for moving from isolation, to cooperation, to collaboration, step-by-step • Teaches you to asses your collaboration quotient and raise it to new levels • Convinces administrators, teachers, and librarians of the benefit collaboration has on student learning Buzzeo has written the seminal work on collaboration. This concise, heavy-duty, power-packed volume is filled with the information teachers, librarians, and administrators need to increase levels of collaboration in their schools in order to increase student learning and achievement. Buzzeo gives readers the why, the how, and the inspiration to build and enhance collaboration in every school. Data-based analysis is a key component of this handbook which is designed to be used by teachers and librarians wherever they are on the collaboration continuum.

These standards-based, easy-to-follow collaborative lessons will not only build a strong bridge between the school library and the classroom, but will help educators help students improve their skills and scores. Written for elementary school library media specialists and their K-2 teaching partners, this book coaches readers on methods to meet student literacy standards. In this balanced literacy age, collaboration is a perfect means to address national, state, and local literacy standards.

Collaboration is much more than just the latest buzzword. It is a worthwhile concept that can greatly benefit library media specialists, teachers, students and administrators alike. And if it is done correctly, collaborating planning and teaching can help with meeting education standards. This straightforward resource presents methodology and models to assist secondary library media specialists in their efforts to work collaboratively with teachers. Each of the 17 units included are standards-based, and provide opportunities for students to master information literacy skills as outlined in Information Power. Chapters on the history and benefits of collaboration are included. Factors for success; roadblocks to collaboration and how to overcome them; and personal testimonials from administrators, teachers and library media specialists will provide a wealth of information about working in a collaborative environment. * Demystify the collaborative process with this hands-on guide for secondary school library media specialists and teachers * Practical suggestions for implementing collaborative planning and teaching with classroom teachers through a variety of units * Useful ideas for overcoming common roadblocks to collaboration * A simple, easy-to-adapt template enhances any unit planning

Exciting, productive connections with authors, illustrators, and storytellers are at your fingertips with this resource. Unlike other author visit guides, this book goes beyond nuts-and-bolts planning to how to create the best possible encounters between students and authors. Successful visits in real space and in cyberspace are described, giving you specific ideas of the many ways to connect with and create meaningful links between bookpeople and children. Choosing the right guest, guidelines for successful visits, making curriculum connections, using e-mail to connect with bookpeople, live chats in virtual space, taking advantage of ITB and satellite technology, and using such props as realia and curriculum guides are some of the topics covered. Lists of author/illustrator web pages and managed Internet sites for author interaction are included.