Newbery Challenge: Invincible Louisa

Make sure you head over to Colby Sharp's blog to hear what he thinks of Invincible Louisa.

My goal is to snap a picture with every Newbery Medal winner.

I bet Travis Jonker (AKA Scope Notes) shed at least one tear when Picnik closed on April 19. He used Picnik and other photo-editing tools to create the cover on the right. Nice work, Scope!

I shot this video the day I checked out Invincible Louisa. A goose wanted to eat it.

Borrow Invincible Louisa from your school or public library. Whenever possible, please support independent bookshops.

Show Us Your #HoldShelf

Travis Jonker and I joined forces last month to make On Hold @ the Library a monthly event. What in the world am I talking about? Press play.

On Friday, April 27, I will post a picture of my hold shelf. If you would like your hold shelf included in the post, please send it to me before 8:00 p.m. on April 26. Thank you!

*Email the photo to MrSchuReads at gmail dot com.

*Tweet the photo using #HoldShelf.

*Post the photo to your blog and let me know in the comments.

The Sixty-Eight Rooms and Stealing Magic by Marianne Malone

Katherine Sokolowski is a fifth-grade teacher in Illinois. She inspires her students to be lifelong readers and writers. Her lucky students Skype with authors, connect with students and teachers around the world, and invite local authors into their classroom. Marianne Malone, the author of The Sixty-Eight Rooms and Stealing Magic, spent a morning with Katherine's students.

I asked Katherine to complete the following sentence starters using no more than twelve words.

*My students and I were excited about Marianne Malone’s author visit because most of them had never met an author in person before.

*My students walked away from Marianne’s author visit inspired to try and write their own stories.

*I connect students with authors because I want them to see that authors are “real” people too.

*Marianne Malone stressed the importance of living life like a writer, open to ideas.

*You should read The Sixty-Eight Rooms and Stealing Magic because the children are relatable and the story is exciting.

*The Throne Rooms are a magical place several students have now gone to visit.

Explore the Throne Miniature Rooms

*Mr. Schu, you should have asked me about Donors Choose! My project was for a copy of Stealing Magic for every students. These are now treasured gifts. (Sorry! Over 11 on that one.)

Katherine, thank you for dropping by Watch. Connect. Read. to tell us about your successful author visit.

Download The Sixty-Eight Rooms discussion guide.

Borrow The Sixty-Eight Rooms and Stealing Magic from your school or public library. Whenever possible, please support independent bookshops.