Summer Reading 2016

School may be coming to a close, but as summer starts we want to echo Mr. Bennet’s encouragement to READ ON!

Okay, so that line isn’t in the book, but it is in the BBC miniseries, and that’s the best adaptation. And it’s totally within Mr. B’s bibliophile nature as something to say. Always looking for a peaceful moment in which to read his book; could Mr. Bennet be the most relatable character in Jane Austen’s works?

In any case, as you encourage your students to take on summer as a season of reading, you can fulfill your Summer Reading list with books from Adams Book Company! Here is a list of all kinds of books that would be great for summer reading.

A Lesson Before Dying, Angela’s Ashes, 1984, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Cold Mountain, Friday Night Lights, Great Expectations, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, The Bean Trees, The Color Purple, The Joy Luck Club, The Kite Runner, The Road, The Tiger’s Wife, Fast Food Nation, The Alchemist, Salvage the Bones, The Beautiful Struggle, How to Read Literature like a Professor

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Yes! We Have Your Mockingbird.

The publisher of the smaller, less-expensive version (mass market edition) of the classroom classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” has announced it will no longer be publishing that edition. Adams Book Company has always stocked titles that schools need, and “To Kill a Mockingbird” remains one of the most popular.
We still have the mass market edition available, and while you may have seen it in the news as “the $8.99 version,” our everyday discount for 10 or more copies means you can still get it for $5.84 each (35% off), while they last.

Going forward, there will still be several editions in print, the least expensive of which will be a $14.99 trade paperback that Adams will sell for $8.99 each when ordering 10 or more copies; this represents a 40% discount from cover price. But if you prefer the mass market version, now is your chance to get new copies in class-size quantities.

Call today or visit us online. Lots of other titles are in stock for quick shipment, and we can get any book in print.

Call: 1-800-221-0909           Email:orders@adamsbook.com

Mass Market edition (now out of print). Currently still available from Adams: $5.84 for 10+ copies.

Trade Paperback – second most popular for classrooms. In print and available. $9.74 for 10+ copies.

eBook: $10.99 for the perpetual license (shorter-term license pricing available upon request.)

Give the Teachers What They Want! Teacher Appreciation Week

Teachers are the ones interacting with the kids every day — those very individual, often vulnerable young people at the ideal center of a school’s focus. And not merely interacting with, but guiding, hearing, interpreting, counseling, correcting, encouraging, alloparenting, and instructing.

Teachers’ names and faces are the ones kids remember as they move through school and into their adult lives.

So if schools want to serve kids, let’s face it, what’s good for teachers is good for schools.

Engage ELLs With These 17 Books of Poetry This April

April is National Poetry Month, and poetry is a great tool for teaching English Language Learners.

As a form that intentionally slows down in order to explore language, poetry provides a context appropriate for many levels of readers to learn phonics, structure, and oral fluency. Also, blended language, especially Spanish and English, is a favorite device of many poets, offering ELLs familiar vocabulary and a different level of interest.

In the book list below, there are not only poetry collections, but also evocative novels in verse addressing the immigrant experience or culture relevant to ELLs.

Silver People
Margarita Engle
Grades 7 to 12

My Own True Name
Pat Mora
Grades 9 and up

Crash Boom Love
Juan Felipe Herrera
Grades 9 to 12

A Fire in My Hands
Gary Soto
Grades 7 to 12

Under The Mesquite
Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Grades 6 to 12

Red Hot Salsa
Ed. Lori Marie Carlson
Grades 7 to 12

Laughing Out Loud, I Fly
Juan Felipe Herrera
Grades 6 and up

19 Varieties of Gazelle
Naomi Shihab Nye
Grades 6 to 8

Caminar
Skila Brown
Grades 5 & up

Cool Salsa
Ed. Lori M. Carlson
Grades 4 to 7

Home of the Brave
Katherine Applegate
Grades 5 & up

The Red Pencil
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Grades 4 and up

Serafina’s Promise
Ann E. Burg
Grades 5 to 9

The Lightning Dreamer
Margarita Engle
Grades 5 to 9

Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhha Lai
Grades 3 to 7

Yes! We Are Latinos
Alma Flor Ada and
F. Isabel Campoy
Grades 4 to 8

The Tree is Older
Than You Are
Ed. Naomi Shihab Nye
Grades 2 to 5

Search for more poetry or nonfiction or textbooks at www.adamsbook.com. And, if you want more ELL resources, you should check out our ELL Pinterest board.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with the best books by or about the great civil rights leader. There are biographies, in-depth histories, collections of Dr. King’s words, and books to engage young readers. Below is a sample of books that can help students understand King’s monumental work and connect it with the continued efforts for justice and peace needed today.

All Labor Has Dignity
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades 9 and up

Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Bonnie Bader
Grades 4 to 6

Why We Can’t Wait
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades 9 and up

Parting the Waters
Taylor Branch
Grades 10 and up

A Time to Break Silence
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades 5 to 8

King’s Courage
David Wenzel
Grades 4 to 6

History’s All-Stars
Dharathula H. Millender
Grades 4 to 6

Let the Trumpet Sound
Stephen B. Oates
Grades 10 and up

Waking From the Dream
David L. Chappell
Grades 10 and up

Save 35% off list price when ordering 10 or more copies. Search Adams Book Co. to find the titles you need.

Banned Books Week, September 22−28

Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read and battle censorship. The National Council of Teachers of English provides resources for teachers facing challenges to works used in their classrooms. They’ve also compiled a list of titles that have been challenged between 2004 and 2013. We’ve highlighted just a few of those that are popular classroom reads:

Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank

The Giver
Lois Lowry

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

Beloved
Toni Morrison

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie

The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros

Hamlet
William Shakespeare

Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe

The Things They Carried
Tim O’Brien

Fig. 1. This graph shows the number of book challenges from 2000-2005 and the most popular reasons for the challenges. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Reading Tracker Printable – Students and Teachers Editions!

We’ve produced a reading tracker worksheet for students to use to document their daily readings and for teachers to track progress. This serves to hold students accountable for their reading and gives them a tool to share with peers.

We’ve also produced a tracker for teachers to use to evaluate student progress. It contains several  rubrics with space to add your own.

Character Map Printable Worksheet

The new school year approaches and we’re creating our own sets of FREE printable worksheets for middle and high school teachers to use in classrooms. First up: Character Map. Stay tuned to this blog and our Pinterest page over the coming weeks for more free printables. Next week: a worksheet for analyzing symbolism.

Ideas for Saving on Books this Summer – the 2013 edition!

Summer is officially here and so is book-ordering season. As you settle into summer and hopefully get some rest and relaxation, we’re in gear to guide you through your ordering for the upcoming school year. We know negotiating budgets and complicated purchasing probably isn’t at the top of your list of ways to enjoy your summer. As such, we’ve compiled a list of ways to offset costs and save you time so you can spend it on enjoying the sun (with sunscreen, of course)

Social Justice Books

We’ve compiled and curated a list of well-regarded books useful as a tool for teaching students to draw direct connections to real world issues and encouraging them to become active global citizens.

Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak
Deborah Ellis
Grades 7-12

The Giver
Lois Lowry
Grades 7 and up

Why We Can’t Wait
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades 9 and up

Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich
Grades 11 and up

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Christopher Paul Curtis
Grades 6-8

Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
Grades 11 and Up

Arab Spring Dreams
Edited by Nassar Wadday and Sohrab Ahmari
Grades 11 and Up

Amazing Grace
Jonathan Kozol
Grades 11 and Up

Ninth Ward
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Grades 4-8

The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Grades 7 and up

Free? Stories About Human Rights
Amnesty International
Grades 7 and up

To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Grades 9 and Up

A Long Walk to Water
Linda Sue Park
Grades 5-8

Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
Grades 9 and Up

Monster
Walter Dean Myers
Grades 7 and Up

The Essential Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Grades 9 and Up

The above is just a small sampling of the new paperback titles that we’ve curated on our dedicated Social Justice Pinterest board. Check it out for more ideas for titles to integrate into your curriculum.

SAVE 35% off paperbacks when purchasing 10 or more copies. Explore titles and discounts now at Adams Book Company’s main site.