Teaching Ideas

Explore jumping-off points that deepen discussions, inspire reading interest, and support connections to books and authors. Easily share and include in your instructional plans, newsletters, and social media.


Summer on your mind?

Want to keep students engaged over the summer?

Share TeachingBooks resources with them!

  • Brush up on sharing tools by watching this video.

  • Make flyers to send home for students and families to remind them they can explore TeachingBooks even outside of school!

  • Encourage family engagement with picture books through Digital Book Kits.

  • Create bookmarks that link to custom reading lists you create or other lists on TeachingBooks such as the Sora Sweet Reads middle school list or Teen’s Top Ten.

  • Share bookmarks or flyers that link to the Complete Books & Poems Collection with students so they can watch or listen to books even if they can’t make it to the library.

  • Use custom lists to create Student Reading Records to encourage students.

Looking for titles to read and recommended to your students over the summer?

Promote reading for enjoyment by matching readers to books that excite them!

Seeking Summer Fun?