Newbery Buzz #2: Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
We’re back for our second Newbery Buzz discussion of 2019. Last week, Hayley and Janie discussed Tumble and Blue. This week, Hayley and I (Betsy) discuss Orphan …
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The Literary Nightstand
The Literary Nightstand: Our Professional Reading The Literary Nightstand is a peek into what’s on our professional nightstands. Most of us here at Redeemed Reader …
Portrait of a Reader: The Adventurer
Portrait of a Reader is a new feature in which we try to “unpack” a particular kind of reader. The portraits will overlap; most people will …
Wisdom & Wonder Week 6: Generosity and Love in Literature
Betsy: It’s hard to believe we’re at the end of our Wisdom & Wonder Summer Reading Challenge! On a personal level, this has been a …
Wisdom & Wonder Week 6 Booklist
Our last Wisdom & Wonder Booklist to help you wrap up your summer! You’ll see a couple of repeats from earlier in the summer as …
Wisdom & Wonder Week 5 Booklist
Our Proverbs emphasis for week 5 is “Work and Words,” (or honesty and diligence, which means basically the same thing without the alliteration). Our booklist …
Wisdom & Wonder, Week 5: Work and Words
Introduction: Our two Wise Up chapters for this week are “Looking to the Ants” (Week 8, p. 87) and “Honesty is the Best Policy” (Week …
Responding to Correction: What does it look like in books?
This week the team discusses how characters respond to correction not only in our anchor books, but also in other literary or popular titles. In Wise …