A couple of weeks ago, I asked Nerdy Readers to share their favorite read aloud from both their childhood and this school year. I’m back this week with another poll question. What book will be the last book you read aloud to your students this year? Please let me know down in the comments below. […]
Author Archives: Colby Sharp
May
17
COYOTE SUNRISE Cover Reveal by Dan Gemeinhart
posted by Colby Sharp
Okay, folks. I’m gonna try to be calm about this. But, spoiler alert, I’m gonna fail at that. I am so, so, so excited to finally start talking about my next book, THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF COYOTE SUNRISE. It comes out in early 2019, and even though I’m glad I’ve got the word “early” in […]
May
09
Poll: Favorite Read Aloud of the 2017-2018 School Year
posted by Colby Sharp
I’ve been thinking a lot about the books we read aloud to children, and the impact the read aloud experience has on the development of our readers. On Sunday, I had the opportunity to hang out with a bunch of former students and they all brought up books that I read aloud to them when […]
February
14
Celebrating the ALA Youth Media Awards with my Students by Colby Sharp
posted by Colby Sharp
Each year I do a Mock Caldecott unit with my students. We study 20 wonderfully illustrated books, debate them, and then vote on which book we think should win the Caldecott Medal. One of the perks of this unit, is that my students are extremely excited to see which books the actual Caldecott Committee selects. […]
January
01
THE 2017 NERDIES: Middle Grade Fiction ANNOUNCED BY Colby Sharp
posted by Colby Sharp
I love beginning each year announcing the winners of the Middle Grade Fiction Nerdies. These books will remain in the hearts of young readers for the rest of their lives. Once again Nerdy Nation comes through with an amazing list of books. Congratulations to all the winners! *Book descriptions taken from Goodreads* Amina’s Voice By: […]
May
29
The Chosen Ones by Laura Ruby
posted by Colby Sharp
A few weeks before the publication of my latest book and just in time for my birthday, I got a bouquet of my favorite lilies, a spa gift certificate, various cat- and fox-themed T-shirts, an industrial-sized bag of Pirate’s Booty, and breast cancer. Well. This is already going off the rails. I’ve […]
The Book Love Foundation Summer Book Club by Penny Kittle
posted by Colby Sharp
Most of us wait all year for summer. Not to escape the students we’ve grown to love, but for the hours we’ll have to read without the incessant demands of school. We are in a distracted age. I’m sure you feel it. During the school year we all practice a fractured attention to hundreds of […]
May
03
Cultivating a Reading Community Through Conferences by Stacey Riedmiller
posted by Colby Sharp
On Sunday night, Stacey Riedmiller hosted a live Facebook event on the Nerdy Book Club Facebook page. We took that video and uploaded it to YouTube so that people that were not in attendance could check out what Stacey had to say. We hope this video brings you value. Stacey Riedmiller is a Floating 4t Teacher in […]
March
02
On Doing the Thing You Shouldn’t Be Doing by Travis Jonker
posted by Colby Sharp
For a long time whenever the urge to write a story hit, I did a pretty good job of stopping it. Why would I want to do the thing I shouldn’t be doing? It definitely felt like I shouldn’t be doing it. All the self-defeating stuff that comes with trying something new creatively (at least […]
January
11
Cover Reveal: wishtree by Katherine Applegate
posted by Colby Sharp
Five years ago, I fell in love. The object of my affection was handsome in a weathered sort of way, if a bit beaten down by the vagaries of life. Folks, you haven’t really lived until you’ve loved a tree. It was in a too-small container in a too-dry climate in a too-shady courtyard. Abandoned […]
