Books, Books, and more Books!

     Parents often ask for reading recommendations for their children, and I realized that there are some excellent resources I could share here on the classroom blog, especially as we continue our monthly "Genre Challenge" this year. Having trouble finding a good book? Check out some of these sites and blogs:

Hoagie's Gifted is an excellent resource for ALL things gifted, but one of my favorite features of this site is their recommended reading page. You and your child can browse by topic:
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/hot_topics.htm

Kids need to relate to the characters in the books they read, and here's a blog post on books featuring gifted characters:
http://www.planetsmarty.com/2014/07/6-book-series-about-gifted-children.html?utm_source=September+2014+Newsletter&utm_campaign=September+2014+Newsletter&utm_medium=email

The University of Connecticut has an awesome webpage with links to all the different award winners and several other great reading lists, including one "Student's Choice" list of books recommended and reviewed by children.
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/semr/booklist%20index2.html

And last but NOT least, our own librarian, Ms. Becky, is an awesome resource for book ideas, and the library now has some excellent resource links right from the Seabury website:
Seabury Library

You can also find this link at the bottom of the Seabury.org webpage at the end of the lists of links to Seabury classroom blogs.