2019 Book Recommendation Round-Up
With the decade drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on the great books released in 2019!…
December 12, 2019With the decade drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on the great books released in 2019!…
This week we’re chatting about Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz, a heartwarming #ownvoices tale of two…
It’s Native American History Month! How are you celebrating and honoring Native culture in your classroom? One great…
Our friend Courtney joins us to chat about A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy. It’s perfect…
Do you struggle to get students interested in nonfiction? Keep pushing! Fostering a love of reading nonfiction books…
Books can be both mirrors, reflecting students’ lives, or windows into the lives of others. You know the…
Looking for engaging and rigorous Halloween school activities for your Secondary ELA classroom? Look no further! These mini-lessons…
Writer & teacher L. Samantha Smith joins us to chat about The Stars and the Blackness Between Them…
Since we started the YA Cafe Podcast, we’ve gotten a lot of questions around LGBTQ middle grade novels.…
This week we’re chatting about Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Our guest is author H.D. Hunter who has some…
Song lyrics can be so versatile in the classroom: Creative writing inspiration, making non-fiction more engaging, etc. Here…
BookTuber, Nikea JaLynn (cohost of the series #BlackGirlLit), joins us to chat about The Revolution of Birdie Randolph…
Are you teaching short stories for high school, and all you have is a dusty anthology of “classic”…
Stacey Lee does it again! The Downstairs Girl is exactly the kind of historical fiction we need right…
We know that our reluctant readers have a skills deficit that grows over time. Whereas a student may…
Project Runway meets Mulan in the new YA fantasy novel Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Joining us…
Have you been told you should be teaching executive functioning? Is this a totally overwhelming proposition? Where do…
sHow many Asian American YA novels do you have in your classroom library? We recently read Wicked Fox,…
We are joined by Zshavette, a Pinay bookstagrammer to chat about Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay.…
From the 17th Century adventures in Lady’s Guide, to the dystopian future predicted in Internment, this list has…
This week we chat with author Justina Chen about Gilmore Girls, Firefly, and of course our featured title,…
Have you ever used videos to inspire your students to write? Here are some TED talks for young…
Author/editor Jessica Spotswood joins us to chat about the blood witches and bad breakups in These Witches Don’t…
We read a lot of books with social issues for the YA Cafe Podcast, and I feature a…
PRIDE month is almost here! Woo-hoo! In celebration, here are 21 diverse LGBTQ+ YA novels for your high…
This week we are joined once again by our friend Anna aka @never_withouta_book to discuss Elizabeth Acevedo’s…
Teachers on Instagram often ask me for tips on teaching LGBTQ+ rights. You want book recommendations, teaching resources,…
This week we discuss an indigenous #ownvoices novel, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, and how we as…
Classroom Escape Rooms are collaborative games that make engaging review activities for students! Students work together to solve…
Don’t miss this lively chat with author Natasha Deen! She shares about her life and we discuss the…