In #BlackHistoryMonth we start every class with a Black poet, but BHM started on #WorldReadAloudDay so we read and discussed three favorite poems.

If anyone has favorite poems by Black poets, send them my way.

🎭We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
💜Homage To My Hips by Lucille Clifton
🏀Makin' Jump Shots by Michael S. Harper

February 1 was #WorldReadAloudDay, a global celebration of reading aloud.

I was thrilled to learn that for this event, #Scholastic picked my book "Doug the Pug and the Kindness Crew" as one of its top 30 recommended books (https://www.scholastic.com/worldreadaloudday) and #Mombian picked my book #WholeWhale as one of its 10 LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books (https://mombian.com/2023/02/01/10-lgbtq-inclusive-kids-books-for-world-read-aloud-day/).

It feels incredible knowing that my books have their own lives and don't need me (as much).

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kidlit #PictureBooks

Agenda - #WorldReadAloudDay / Wereld Hardop (voor)Lezen
https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=dDZ1c3BkZ20wZm42OXRqMjF0NmhlZTkzN3BfMjAyMzAyMDIgYTN2ZWVuQG0&ctz=Europe/Amsterdam

Fortunate that every day is Read Aloud Day for me. Celebrating #WorldReadAloudDay this year with the final book in an Adam Rubin/Daniel Salmieri study.

The kinders and I read Dragons Love Tacos, followed by Those Darn Squirrels, Those Darn Squirrels Fly South and Dragons Love Tacos 2.

A video of me reading Oyster Girl, pretty much unrehearsed and unedited, but life is pretty much like that. We are ourselves beneath all the curated social media posts. #WorldReadAloudDay
https://youtu.be/Nryoa1BsUDI

I'm celebrating World Read Aloud Day by donating 3 school visits to #middleschools in #Sweden, #Wisconsin and #Illinois! I'll be reading from my book Friend Me and my not-at-all-unsettling robotic cat, FRED, will tag along.

(Want to know more about my virtual school visits? ➡️) https://www.sheilamaverbuch.com/for-teachers/

#SchoolVisits #authorVisit #ReadAloud #AuthorLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #MiddleGrade #thriller #WorldReadAloudDay #FriendMe #Scholastic #SheilaMAverbuch #books #teachers #librarians #WRAD

Hey #teachers: you know that reading aloud can be #magical for kids, and I've got a few spots open for #WorldReadAloudDay. A free reading, and no students will be turned into frogs. I promise.

@dianemagras I hadn't heard of #WorldReadAloudDay before, so I had to look it up. That looks wonderful!

https://www.litworld.org/worldreadaloudday/

And they definitely should add a #Mastodon link on their site now! 😀 Not just Instagram and Twitter. :blobcatread:

@dianemagras I hadn't heard of #WorldReadAloudDay before, so I had to look it up. That looks wonderful!

https://www.litworld.org/worldreadaloudday/

And they definitely should add a #Mastodon link on their site now! 😀 Not just Instagram and Twitter. :blobcatread:

Not sure how many educators or children's librarians are on Mastodon, but just in case, I wanted to share with people here that I'm participating again in World Read Aloud Day, and have a sign-up form here for anyone interested! Here's the link: https://www.dianemagras.com/2022/11/word-read-aloud-day-is-coming/
#WorldReadAloudDay #ChildrensFiction #MGLit #KidLit #Teachers #Librarians

Not sure how many educators or children's librarians are on Mastodon, but just in case, I wanted to share with people here that I'm participating again in World Read Aloud Day, and have a sign-up form here for anyone interested! Here's the link: https://www.dianemagras.com/2022/11/word-read-aloud-day-is-coming/
#WorldReadAloudDay #ChildrensFiction #MGLit #KidLit #Teachers #Librarians

Today is #WorldReadAloudDay!

I’m really glad that @ashleeaburnett@twitter.com and I got to represent @2CentsMovement@twitter.com as we visited Scholastic Academy in St. Augustine and read some of our favourite childhood fairy tales for rooms full of smiling, attentive kids!