#75-Benefits of Rereading & A Conversation w/ Deimosa Webber-Bey
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Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for educators, librarians, parents, and everyone who loves middle grade books! My goal is to help you connect kids between 8-12 with fantastic reads because I believe that a book can change the trajectory of a child’s life. And I want to help you introduce kids to those amazing, life-shaping books and bring you inspiring (and fun!) conversations with the authors and educators who make that magic happen. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a mom of two tweens, a 5th grade teacher, and just back from an awe-inspiring visit...
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#74-Top 20 Student Favorites & A Conversation with Rajani LaRocca
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Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for educators, librarians, parents, and everyone who loves middle grade books! My goal is to help you connect kids between 8-12 with fantastic reads because I believe that a book can change the trajectory of a child’s life. And I want to help you introduce kids to those amazing, life-shaping books and bring you inspiring (and fun!) conversations with the authors and educators who make that magic happen. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a mom of two tween girls, a 5th grade teacher, and finally beginning my summer...
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#73 - Finishing Strong & A Conversation with Tina Athaide
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Intro Hello and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - 5th grade teacher, a mom of two girls (10 and 12), and muddling through some allergies. So if you are wondering why I sound “off” - we can blame all those plants trying to have babies! A quick reminder before we get started that you can find transcripts and interview outlines of every episode - along with lots of other great middle great content over at MGBookVillage.org. This is...
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#72 - A Conversation with Mae Respicio
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Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - 5th grade teacher currently enjoying Spring Break, a mom of two tween daughters, and part of the MGBookVillage team. And MGBookVillage.org where you can find transcripts and interview outlines of all of our episodes and links to every book and topic we mention today. This is episode #72 and oday’s show features three novels that will get your students talking, and a conversation...
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#71 - A Conversation with Alyson Gerber (Focused)
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Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - an elementary school teacher in Central New York and mom of two daughters - a 9 year old and a just turned 12 year old. Yesteday we celebrated her birthday with the most amazing cake - white with whipped cream frosting and layers of cannoli filling and raspberry filling inside. And just in case you are wondering - no, I did not make it. But if you live near a , you can order one! This is...
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#70 - Three New Graphic Novels & A Conversation with Jerry Craft
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Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect the tweens in your life to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - 5th grade teacher, a mom of an 11 and 9 year old, and desperate to be DONE with winter, please!! Yesterday we saw robins all over the yard and today… it’s covered with snow again. I believe that the right book can change the trajectory of a child’s life and can help them recognize the world for what it is and what it can be. And I want to help you connect kids with those...
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#69 - Novels About Loss and Hope & Special Guest Laura Shovan (Takedown)
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Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a teacher of 21, a mom of two, and enjoying the last few hours of our Winter Break here in Central New York. We’ve had ice storms then sun and lots of time to read. This is episode #69 and Today I’m discussing four excellent middle grade novels that deal with grief and loss. And I’m also sharing with you a conversation I had with Laura Shovan about her latest book Takedown. Book Talk...
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#68 - MG Trends & the Most Anticipated Books of 2019
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Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a teacher, a mom, and battling a cold this afternoon! So if I sound a little...off - that is why! This is episode #68 and Today I’m answering some questions about trends in middle grade and sharing with you some fabulous 2019 titles to look forward to this year! Q&A - Trends in Middle Grade Fiction Last month, my husband asked me some questions about trends in middle grade fiction....
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#67 - (Some of the) Best MG Graphic Novels of 2018
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Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a teacher in Central New York, a mom of two tween girls, and currently - all about the new Miles Morales Spiderman movie. It’s the lockscreen on my phone, my girls and I have the soundtrack set to shuffle in the car….and I already have plans to go see it a second time. Into the Spiderverse is the most innovative and fresh and exciting movie I’ve seen in years. It’s some...
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#66 - (Some of the) Best Middle Grade Books of 2018
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Intro Hi everyone! This is Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a 5th grade teacher, a mom of two girls, and enjoying my extra reading time over the holiday break and the chance to relax. This is episode #66 and today we are celebrating some of the best middle grade books published in 2018. Main Topic - The Top 20 Middle Grade Books of 2018 I’m a bit of a data nerd, and I have always been into tracking my reading - from my color-coded index card system in...
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Hi everyone and welcome to the Books Between Podcast! I believe in the power of books to help spark deep conversations and help us think through the big ideas in life. My goal is to help you connect kids between 8-12 with those amazing books and share inspiring conversations with the authors and educators who make that magic happen.
I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a mom of two, a 5th grade teacher, and still a bit tired from our trip to the beach yesterday!
This is Episode #54 and today I’m sharing a conversation with Jarred Amato - a high school English teacher and founder of the ProjectLIT Community.
Perhaps like you, I kept hearing about this thing called ProjectLIT and I kept bumping into conversations on Twitter about it. And I since I had questions and definitely wanted to know more - I figured you might as well. Some disclosure - after chatting with Jarred and after learning more from a wonderful session at NerdCamp last week ( a big thank you to Kimiko, Ashleigh, and Lindsey) , I have decided to start a ProjectLIT Book Club at my school this year for 4th and 5th graders. And promptly bought a shirt and a tank and cup and a hat… because, well - like I told Jarred - I have no chill!
Alright - take a listen!
Jarred Amato - Interview Outline
Welcome to the podcast!
Can you take a minute to introduce yourself to our listeners?
ProjectLIT
What is ProjectLIT and how did it get started?
What does a chapter do?
How are the books selected?
What are the books for the 2018-19 school year?
If someone wanted to start a ProjectLit Chapter in their own community, what would they need to know? And what would they need to do?
One of the things that makes ProjectLITstand out as more than just a book club, is the focus on service projects to increase book access in the school and community. What are some examples of projects that chapters have been doing?
Did I see you also have a Twitter Chat?
Tell me about the ProjectLIT Summit!
What are your plans for the future of ProjectLIT?
Your Reading Life
One of the goals of this podcast is to help educators and librarians and parents inspire kids to read more and connect them with amazing books. Did you have a special teacher or librarian who helped foster your reading life as a child?
What were some of your most influential reads growing up?
What have you been reading lately that you’ve liked?
Links:
Jarred’s website -https://jarredamato.wordpress.com
Jarred on Twitter
ProjectLIT on Twitter
ProjectLIT Chapter Leader Application
#ProjectLITChat Twitter Chat
ProjectLIT swag: https://project-lit-community.myshopify.com
David’s ending to Long Way Down
Books & Authors We Chatted About:
The Color of Water (James McBride)
Darius the Great is Not Okay (Adib Khorram)
Hope Nation (Rose Brock)
2018-19 ProjectLIT Middle Grade Book Club Selections
Ghost Boys (Jewell Parker Rhodes)
Sunny (Jason Reynolds)
I am Alfonso Jones (Tony Medina)
Amal Unbound (Aisha Saeed)
Rebound (Kwame Alexander)
Like Vanessa (Tami Charles)
The Stars Beneath Our Feet (David Barclay Moore)
Time Bomb (Joelle Charbonneau)
Wishtree (Katherine Applegate)
Amina’s Voice (Hena Khan)
The First Rule of Punk (Celia C. Perez)
The Parker Inheritance (Varian Johnson)
2018-19 ProjectLIT Young Adult Book Club Selections
The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo)
When I Was the Greatest (Jason Reynolds)
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Tradition (Brenden Kiely)
The 57 Bus (Dashka Slater)
Allegedly (Tiffany Jackson)
Odd One Out (Nic Stone)
Pride (Ibi Zoboi)
Children of Blood and Bone (Tomi Adeyemi)
I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Erika L. Sanchez)
Dread Nation (Justina Ireland)
On the Come Up (Angie Thomas)
Closing
Alright, that wraps up our show this week!
If you have a question about how to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love or a suggestion about a topic we should cover, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or message me on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between.
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Thanks and see you soon! Bye!