Featured resources from TeachingBooks.
Bookmarked Banner

March 2025


Do You Have the TeachingBooks Chrome Extension?

TeachingBooks Chrome Extension screenshot

Did you know that you can automatically search TeachingBooks directly from Google? Add the TeachingBooks Chrome Extension to seamlessly display relevant search results from TeachingBooks alongside your Google searches.

With this powerful tool, users can Google any subject and instantly produce TeachingBooks results for titles, authors, awards, or booklists in the upper right corner that include:

  • Meet-the-Author Recordings
  • Video book trailers
  • Multi-Leveled Lessons
  • Read-along audiobook performances

Download the TeachingBooks Chrome Extension and connect people to books anywhere, any time. If your school would like to deploy this extension to all of your student and building computers, email us for the deployment instructions.

As always, let us know how we can help.

Our best,
The TeachingBooks Team

TeachingBooks Blog Guest Authors and Illustrators banner

Behind the Books: "To Be or Not to Be—A Werewolf: How I Came to Write Werewolf Hamlet"

Author Kerry Madden-Lunsford and book Werewolf Hamlet

In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, Kerry Madden-Lunsford reflects on her family's relationship to the city, mental illness, and addiction. In this Guest Blog Post, learn how she incorporates wisdom from her experiences into her new middle grade novel, Werewolf Hamlet (Charlesbridge, 2025).

Read This Post

Explore all Guest Author posts

Virtual Book Tour banner

Aida Salazar on Ultraviolet

Author Pura Belpré and book Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet (Scholastic, 2024), a recent Pura Belpré Honor book, is an emotionally rich coming-of-age novel that explores the rollercoaster of puberty, first love, and masculinity. Visit our blog to hear award-winning author Aida Salazar share the inspiration behind the story and discover her creative free-verse poem activity idea.

Read This Post

Explore all Virtual Book Tour posts


Featured Booklist: National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024

Featured Booklist books

On March 12th, the prestigious National Jewish Book Awards Ceremony will celebrate outstanding English-language books of Jewish interest, honoring incredible authors who bring Jewish stories to life. Check out our list of children's category winners from the past decade and selected standouts from the award's 70-year history—a treasure trove of inspiring reads!

Explore This Booklist

Explore all Booklists on TeachingBooks

Sora Cornerstone

Meet-the-Author Recording: Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas with Jeanne Walker Harvey

Jeanne Walker Harvey and book Ablaze with Color

Listen to author Jeanne Walker Harvey talk about the research process for Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas (HarperCollins, 2022). This biography explores the life of Thomas, an accomplished American painter and the first Black woman to have one of her paintings selected for the White House art collection.

Listen To This Recording

Browse all TeachingBooks Meet-the-Author Recordings

Sora Start with the Book banner

Discover Sora: Where Students Read

Save time selecting books for students of all ages by subscribing to this service of unlimited, simultaneous use ebooks and audiobooks to automatically add to your Sora collection. Then, easily increase engagement and deepen comprehension for these titles with resources from TeachingBooks.

Learn About Sora

Explore the TeachingBooks Sora Collections page

TeachingBooks in Action

Indoor Recess Ideas

Indoor Recess Ideas

Oh, the weather outside is frightful...but indoor recess can be both fun and productive! Foster creativity and learning with ideas from TeachingBooks that will engage your readers.

Read This Post

Explore all TeachingBooks in Action posts


Meeting in the Middle: Using TeachingBooks with Middle Grade Students

Webinar Spotlight

Celebrate the books students love. Use the resources and tools on TeachingBooks to learn more about authors, cite research, or find the next great read!

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 12:00 CT

Register Now

Can't attend live? Sign up to receive a recording.

Sora School Stars

Contests & Giveaways

Check out our March Contests & Giveaways, accompanied by multimedia resources!

Contests and Giveaways
  • Werewolf Hamlet by Kerry Madden-Lunsford (Charlesbridge, 2025)
  • Next Year in the White House by Richard Michelson and E.B. Lewis (PRH, 2025)
  • Mice on the Moon by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre (Kane Miller, 2024)
  • And More!

See the March Contests & Giveaways on our blog

TeachingBooks, an OverDrive company
216-573-6886 (Press 2) | accounts@TeachingBooks.net
One OverDrive Way | Cleveland, OH 44125

Unsubscribe  |  View Online

Follow us on social media:

Twitter Facebook Pinterest Email

In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, TeachingBooks supports the
First Amendment and celebrates the right to read.