Places to go, things to write and books to read

Image Courtesy:  Novelist on Ebsco

The Northwest Territories Literacy Council has created a Writing Ideas Toolkit which appears to have a wealth of information for the beginning or veteran teacher.

The Red Cedar Book Awards :  Many schools in British Columbia are involved in reading and voting for these reader-choice awards.  Even if you don't participate fully, you can look here for a phenomenal reading list.

The Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Awards (YRCA): I have never been disappointed choosing a book from the YRCA lists.  The books are often top-quality, well-written, fully-engaging books.   I highly recommend browsing their current and past lists.  For those of you wondering about finding age-appropriate books, YRCA has them categorized nicely into Junior (grades 4-6), Intermediate (grades 7-9), and Senior (grades 10-12).

Last, but not-by-any-means-least,  Novelist  is an on-line database available through the public library website, and is a wonderful tool for helping students find more of the types of books they like.  They have reviews by highly-esteemed journals (Booklist and  Library Journal....), which are valuable for helping teachers select appropriate books for their classroom.