The Very First Episode – What is Book Love About? Ep 1 of The Book Love Foundation Podcast

Welcome to the very first episode of The Book Love Foundation Podcast! And thank you for joining us in this celebration of teaching and the joy of learning.

Episode 1 Show notes

You can learn more about the Book Love Foundation at Booklovefoundation.org, where you can also make a donation. 100% of the money you give to the Book Love Foundation puts books into classrooms. We ve given away $100,000 in three years, but the need is far greater. Help us reach more young people with the power of reading.

Book Love Foundation awards are given to teachers like you. If you re listening to this show, you re already committed to kids and the power of reading. You can apply for a Book Love Foundation grant by visiting booklovefoundation.org. Applications for 2016 are due March 1st.

CONVERSATION SEGMENT
Allison Marchetti teaches high school English in Richmond, VA. She is the co-author of Writing with Mentors: How to Reach Every Writer in the Room Using Relevant, Engaging Mentor Texts (Heinemann 2015) and co-founder of the blog Moving Writers with Rebekah O’Dell. You can connect with Allison on Twitter @allisonmarchett or at movingwriters.org.

Laura Tracy Baisden is a 26-year veteran teacher, serving as Language Arts Department Chair at Logan High School in Logan, West Virginia. She teaches Honors 9, English 12 College Readiness, and Creative Writing. She is a former co-director of Marshall University Writing Project, and director of the rural satellite, Coalfield Writers. She can be reached at [email protected]

Tracy is also a National Writing Program teacher.

Lori Lebel has earned a dual Bachelor s Degree from Syracuse University and a Master s Degree from the University at Albany. She has been teaching English Language Arts with the Schenectady City School District for sixteen years. For the past six years she has been the English Language Arts teacher and Team Leader for the Schenectady Smart Scholars Early College High School Program. Additionally, she was the sole recipient of the 2015 New York State English Council Dr. Ruth E. Everett Award for promoting teaching as a profession. Lori can be reached via email at: [email protected]

Lori mentioned talking with Penny at NCTE. Read more about NCTE and the NCTE16 here.

BOOK TALK

Here are the books from this episode s book talk (courtesy of the students who visit Brian Kelley s classroom library)

Butter, by Erin Jade Lange
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, by Laini Taylor
Coldest Girl in Cold Town, by Holly Black
Anything from Jandy Nelson. Brian says a lot of his kids are reading The Sky is Everywhere.
Crank, by Ellen Hopkins. This is the first of a 10-book series.
The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander

Brian Kelley teaches 8th-grade creative writing at Charles F. Patton Middle School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. He is a co-director of the Pennsylvania Writing & Literature Project. You can email him at [email protected], connect with him on Twitter @_briank_ , or follo...