Recommending kids books with The Classroom Bookshelf

Hundreds of new books for kids and young adults hit shelves every
year, yet teachers often stick with the same titles year in and
year out. The educators behind The Classroom Bookshelf, a blog on
the School Library Journal website, encourage teachers to try new
and diverse books by giving them ideas on how to incorporate them
into their existing lessons. In their words, they share "thoughts
and ideas on some of the most exciting, arresting, profound, and
beautiful books for children and young adults."


Today, we speak with two of the bloggers, Grace Enriquez and Mary
Ann Cappiello, about reading books by morally suspect authors,
representing different cultures in literature, and how The
Classroom Bookshelf came to be.


Read more about these former classroom teachers turned professors
and their social justice mission on our episode page.