The Newbery Challenge: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

Happy Saturday, Mr. Sharp! 

A Message from Travis 

I am now convinced that I’ve spent more time browsing Flickr creative commons licensed photos than anyone. Top five at least. That’s how I come up with the Covering the Newbery covers, with occasional assists from Photoshop and Splashup, and always with the help ofPicMonkey. Today we close out the 80s with…

I refer to this video during today's video.  

Paul Fleischman talks about matchbox theaters. 

Borrow Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices from your school or public library. Whenever possible, please support independent bookshops. 

Children's Books: Big Nate Flips Out by Lincoln Peirce

Lincoln Peirce is back with the fifth installment in the Big Nate series. This time around, Nate is signing on as a candid photographer for his school yearbook. The one problem: the only way he can get a camera is by having his friend get it. So, if he loses it, his friend gets the blame. When Nate loses the camera because of his messiness, he and his friend split. So, he decides to clean up

This Just In… Who Are You Meant to Be?: A Groundbreaking Step-by-Step Process for Discovering and Fulfilling Your True Potential by Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D and Heather Dranitsaris-Hilliard

Who Are You Meant to Be? blends new brain science with a century old personality system to show you why most people live in survival using behaviors, thinking patterns and beliefs that keep them there. It introduces the Striving Styles Personality System and shows people how to become who they are meant to be.

The book reveals an entirely new way of understanding human behavior and, most