Free Book for Middle School Teachers…

Free Goodreads for Middle Grades book Get your free book for middle school teachers, students, parents, authors and librarians by signing up for our monthly newsletter. Use the newsletter sign-up form below or at the top of the right-hand column and you will be sent a link for receiving your free Goodreads for Middle Grades Literacy e-book. You will also receive a monthly PurdyBooks newsletter with information about helping middle school students enjoy reading and helping them become efficient lifelong readers. If, at any time, you want to unsubscribe from the newsletter, you can easily do that with one click.The Goodreads for Middle Grades book contains the following chapters, and more:Goodreads Crash CourseNavigating GoodreadsHow to Use Each Portion of GoodreadsSpecific Chapters for Teachers, Students, Parents, Librarians and Middle Grade Authors Get Your Free Copy of the Goodreads for Middle Grades Literacy e-Book Sign Up for Newsletter & Free Goodreads for Middle School Teacher... Sign up for our newsletter using the form at left. Just provide us with your email and hit the subscribe button. We promise, we NEVER share email addresses. You will get one email that just asks you to verify that you are a real person. Once you have clicked the link in that email, you'll get a second email with a link to the Goodreads for Middle Grades book. You will then have the option of reading the book directly on a DropBox web page or of downloading an e-pub file of the book. Then you will be able to read the book on your favorite e-book reader. (on your phone, computer, Kindle, iPad, etc.) Please feel free to contact us to let us know how you like the Goodreads book and/or the monthly newsletter. We love to hear from fellow members of the middle grades team. The Purdy Books Blog Welcome to the…

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Difference Between Goodreads Booklists and Bookshelves

The Difference Between Booklists & Bookshelves on Goodreads On Goodreads, a bookshelf is a collection of books that you have added to a specific shelf in your Goodreads account. You can create multiple bookshelves and label them however you like, such as "Want to Read," "Currently Reading," "Have Read," etc. You can add a book to one of your bookshelves by going to the book's page on Goodreads and clicking the "Add to shelf" button.A booklist, on the other hand, is a list of books that someone has compiled and shared on Goodreads. A booklist can be created by any Goodreads user and can be about any topic or theme. Other users can view the booklist and add the books on the list to their own bookshelves if they wish. Booklists can be a useful way to discover new books to read or to find recommendations on a specific topic. The World's Most Eclectic Bookstore: PurdyBooks How to Find Fun Booklists on Goodreads Find the Most Interesting Booklists from Goodreads & PurdyBooks There are a few ways you can find the best booklists on Goodreads:You can use the Goodreads search function to find booklists on specific topics or themes. To do this, click on the "Lists" tab on the top menu of the Goodreads website, then enter a search term into the search bar. For example, if you are interested in booklists about travel, you could search for "travel booklists." This will bring up a list of booklists that match your search term.You can also browse the Listopia section of Goodreads to find popular booklists on a variety of topics. To do this, click on the "Lists" tab on the top menu of the Goodreads website, then click on the "Listopia" subtab. This will show you a list of popular booklists that have been created by Goodreads…

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PurdyBooks on Social Media

Follow PurdyBooks on Social Media Where would we be without social media... besides having a couple extra hours in a day that we're not tweeting, posting & Liking? But seriously, social media can be a fun and worthwhile tool for authors and bibliophiles. The literary community is very supportive on social media sites... assuming they know you're out there in the world of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. So I'd like to use this blog-post to reveal where you can find PurdyBooks on social media and what you might find in our various tweets and posts. Quick List of PurdyBooks Social Media Outlets PurdyBooks on Twitter PurdyBooks on Pinterest PurdyBooks on Facebook PurdyBooks on Goodreads What to Look for on PurdyBooks Social Media Accounts What will you find when you follow PurdyBooks on social media? We will share information about new books, booklists, writing tips, tittles in the PurdyBooks library, author interviews, book suggestions and an occasional joke or two. We'll also suggest other social media accounts or even specific pins, tweets & posts within the PurdyBooks Social Media universe. For example, we will often direct you to particularly good pins & boards from the PurdyBooks Pinterest account. Of course each of the social media accounts has its particular strengths so you'll find plenty of good book quotes in all of the PurdyBooks social media outlets, you're more likely to find images in our Pinterest and Facebook pages and book excerpts in our Twitter posts. Bottom line: Be sure to follow PurdyBooks and don't forget to Like the good stuff. Of course all retweets, repins and Likes are appreciated and welcomed. We'll do the same for you.

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Best Read Aloud Books List

Read Aloud Booklist This is the first in a series of recommended booklists that can be found on Goodreads. As you will see, there are many different themes for these booklists from holiday read-aloud books to read-alouds by grade level. It is important to note that reading experts agree that reading aloud to children is an extremely valuable part of the process of learning to read. Hearing other people read aloud reinforces many valuable reading skills such as fluency, intonation, vocabulary development and reading for pleasure. Reading aloud also provides a valuable bonding experience between the reader and the person being read to. Correct Ages for Reading Out Loud to Kids Okay, that was a trick headline. There is no proper age for reading aloud to children. Any age is the proper age. As long as your/a child will let your read out loud to them, then by all means read away. Many middle school & high school teachers read out loud to their students, and the students love it, whether they'll admit it or not. Best Read Aloud Booklists Without further ado, here are some suggested booklists for reading out loud: Best Holiday Read Aloud Books Fourth Grade Read Aloud Fifth Grade Read Alouds Sixth Grade Read Alouds Books Read Aloud on Captain Kangaroo Best Books to Read Aloud Best Children's Books to Read Aloud SaveSave

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Legend of Decimus Croome Now on Goodreads

Goodreads Features The Legend of Decimus Croome: A Halloween Carol Once you read The Legend of Decimus Croome: A Halloween Carol, be sure to leave a review on both Amazon and the Goodreads Legend of Decimus Croome: A Halloween Carol page. And check out what other people have to say in The Legend of Decimus Croome book reviews.

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