August

Sammy Lee’s Birthday-August 1

• Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds

International Friendship Day-August 7 

• Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
• Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
• Armando and the Blue Tarp School
• Bein’ With You This Way
• Cooper’s Lesson
• The Crane Girl
• David’s Drawings
• Destiny’s Gift
• Featherless
• First Come the Zebra
• It Doesn’t Have to be This Way
• Juna’s Jar
• King for a Day
• Lily's New Home
• Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash
• Night Golf
• Rainbow Joe and Me 
• Rent Party Jazz
• Sharing Our Homeland
• Soledad Sigh-Sighs
• Sunday Shopping
• Tankborn
• The Can Man
• The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen
• The Legend of Freedom Hill
• The Piano
• Up the Learning Tree
• Want to Play?

Duke Kahanamoku’s Birthday-August 24

• Surfer of the Century
• The Story of Olympic Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku

Back to School-August/September

• Amazing Faces
• Amazing Places
• As Fast As Words Could Fly
• Amelia's Road
• Armando and the Blue Tarp School
• Babu's Song
• Capoeira
• David's Drawings
• Destiny's Gift
• Drumbeat in Our Feet
• Elizabeti's School
• Etched In Clay
• First Day in Grapes
• Howard Thurman's Great Hope
• How We Are Smart
• Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
• My Teacher Can Teach…Anyone!
• Malala Yousafzai
• Moony Luna
• Only One Year
• Richard Wright and the Library Card
• Seeds of Change
• The Storyteller’s Candle
• Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius
• Tiny Stitches
• Tofu Quilt
• Up the Learning Tree
• Want to Play?
• Willie Wins
• Yasmin's Hammer
• Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree

International Friendship Day:
Happy Friendship Day from Lee & Low Books!
The Best Cheerleaders May Come in Small Packages: How Siblings Affect Literacy Education

Back to School:
Why Do We Need Diverse Books in Non Diverse Schools?
How Common Core's Book Choices Fail Children of Color
Choosing the World Our Students Read
Where to Find Culturally Diverse Literature to Pair With Your Required Curriculum
10 Ways to Use Instagram in the Classroom
3 Books for the First Three Weeks of School
11 Educator Resources for Teaching Children About Latin American Immigration and Migration
11 Books on Latin American Immigration and Migration
10 Best Strategies for Reading to Kids in Spanish
13 Scary YA Books: Diverse Edition
7 Tips to Help Make Reading with Your Child This Year Achievable
5 Strategies to Help Parents Navigate Lexile
7 Strategies to Help Booksellers and Librarians Navigate Lexile
8 Strategies to Help Educators Explain Lexile and Invest Stakeholders
10 Ways Teachers Can Support Parents and Cultivate Student Success
10 Myths About Teaching STEM Books and How You Can Teach STEM in Your Classroom Now
Using Infographics in the Classroom to Teach Visual Literacy
Using Dual Language and Bilingual Books in First and Second Grade
Using Dual Language and Bilingual Books in Third and Fourth Grade
Using Picture Books to Teach and Discuss Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera with Students
How to Teach Close Reading Using a Recipe
Why Literacy Teachers Should Care About Math
Why I Love to Read Sad and Dark Books to Children (and You Should Too)
Student Book Review: Seeds of Change
Character Education, Part 1: How To Choose Books for Core Value Study
Character Education, Part 2: How to Teach Core Values to Kids Meaningfully
Strategies for Teaching ELL's in Elementary and Middle School: Part 1
Strategies for Teaching ELL's-Part 2: Choosing A Text and Vocabulary Words
Strategies for Teaching ELL's-Part 3: Teaching Vocabulary in Layers
Strategies for Teaching ELL's-Part 4: Writing, Speaking, & Listening Practice
How to Compare and Contrast with the Common Core in Kindergarten
How to Compare and Contrast with the Common Core in First Grade
How to Compare and Contrast with the Common Core in Second Grade
How to Compare and Contrast with the Common Core in Third Grade
How to Compare and Contrast with the Common Core in Fourth Grade
How to Compare and Contrast with the Common Core in Fifth Grade
Culturally Responsive Approaches to Goal Setting with Students
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Grade 4: Studying Informational Text
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Grade 3: Going Beyond the Single Story
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Grade 2: Bridging Between the Familiar and Unfamiliar in Literature Discussions
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Grade 1: Intentional Selection of Texts for Reading Instruction
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Kindergarten: Read Alouds to Build Relationships
What is Culturally Responsive Teaching?
Classroom Library Assessment: How Culturally Responsive is Your Library?
Jen Serravallo Shares Reading Strategies for Kindergarten