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EdWeek Readers Name Their Favorite Books of the Summer

By Kate Stoltzfus 鈥� August 09, 2017 7 min read
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As one effort to stave off 鈥渟ummer slide鈥� for students, some of whom are at risk of losing two to three months of reading skills when school lets out, an annual crop of reading lists emerges every year. The New York Times had more than as part of a 10-week summer contest. Scholastic鈥檚 Teacher magazine pulled together the expertise of librarians and teachers to . Science guru Bill Nye talked to the Strand Book Store in New York City about his favorite books ().

But what about a reading list for educators? After last year鈥檚 bevvy of recommendations from 澳门跑狗论坛 , , and , we couldn鈥檛 resist the urge to repeat our #EdWeekReads Twitter poll for the second year in a row. We were curious: What made your best-of list this summer?

Nearly 100 tweets poured in from teachers, school leaders, and even authors themselves, with recommendations in fiction, YA literature, and memoir, and on a range of topics from education leadership and classroom management to well-being, history, and politics. Check out some of notable picks below, and see the on Storify.

This year鈥檚 list leaned heavily on fiction and fantasy. EdWeek Teacher opinion blogger Megan M. Allen recently shared how her In pursuit of a mental-health break, she resolved to crack open 鈥渆scapist reads鈥� for 鈥減ure enjoyment.鈥� Many teachers, librarians, and education consultants we heard from were also using their free time to catch up on pleasure reading.

Some readers turned to for classics like Margaret Atwood鈥檚 The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale and George Orwell鈥檚 1984.

But others couldn鈥檛 stay away from self-imposed professional development and other hot education topics, such as leadership, multicultural education, and writing instruction. Author Dave Burgess鈥� Teach Like a Pirate and Lead Like a Pirate earned several votes of praise.

With a new U.S. president in office and a tense political climate, the desire to learn more about politics and our nation鈥檚 history seems to be informing many readers鈥� choices. Teachers, especially, say they aren鈥檛 shying away from politics in the classroom and seek ways to talk to their students about controversial issues. Former 澳门跑狗论坛 reporter Mary Ann Zehr, who now teaches immigrant students in Washington, dug into the Civil Rights movement.

In memoir, readers recommended stories that resonated with their work or expanded their worldview.

(Check out with EdWeek correspondent Lisa Stark about how the opioid epidemic intersects with education.)

Fans of children鈥檚 and YA literature named Angie Thomas鈥� The Hate U Give and Kwame Alexander鈥檚 newly released Solo as must-reads, among old favorites, award-winners, and books they could use in classroom lessons.

Need more titles to check out? See our previous coverage on the books .

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Kate Stoltzfus
Staff,  澳门跑狗论坛
Kate Stoltzfus formerly wrote for 澳门跑狗论坛.
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A version of this news article first appeared in the BookMarks blog.