Here's a 3 quick takes column on Michigan State's 69-66 win over Arkansas on Saturday night. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026...

Fifth-grade teacher and author @colbysharp.bsky.social and I teamed up to create a 2026 Mock Caldecott list: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026...

Happy Picture Book Month! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026... @colbysharp.bsky.social

The annual Sharp-Schu Mock Caldecott list: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026... @colbysharp.bsky.social

Check out the packet Principal Brian Sammons created for our Mock Caldecott list: drive.google.com/file/d/1V5tv... @colbysharp.bsky.social

2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026... @colbysharp.bsky.social

Longest two day weekend of the year. Let’s go!

Teaching on Halloween is kind of wild.

Books My Fifth Graders Are Reading After Quarter 1 youtu.be/TToEAHKigvU

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

A school year of reading aloud to kids is quite the journey. (+ picture book giveaway) colbysharp.substack.com/p/how-the-bo...

A school year of reading aloud to kids is quite the journey. (+ picture book giveaway) colbysharp.substack.com/p/how-the-bo...

Happy book birthday to Jason Reynolds' COACH!

Dear Acorn, Love Oak is a BEAUTIFUL new poetry picture book.

Dear Acorn, Love Oak is a BEAUTIFUL new poetry picture book.

"I hope you get to spend time each day reading aloud great stories to the kids you serve." ❤️

Things got a little intense last week. Things got a little intense last week. colbysharp.substack.com/p/was-mr-sha...

Things got a little intense last week. Things got a little intense last week. colbysharp.substack.com/p/was-mr-sha...

Kid Lit Book Mail: 2026 Graphic Novels! youtu.be/zwdb8ymhiGk

Kid Lit Book Mail: 2026 Graphic Novels! youtu.be/zwdb8ymhiGk

This week our reading curriculum has us reading about the 1925 Serum Race, so I had to bust out this amazing picture book to read aloud toy 5th graders. It is a little longer than most picture books I read aloud to them, but they were completely captivated.

I loved Coach. A beautiful addition to Jason Reynolds’s Track series. Pretty wild twist, that I did not see coming, in this one. Young readers are so lucky to have this book enter the world. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

If you haven’t read Dinosaurs in Space aloud to kids, you haven’t really even read it. Oh my goodness. Such a riot! My 5th graders were dying. 😂

We ended our day with a read aloud of my all-time favorite picture book biography. I love this book so much.

Today we started a new read aloud: No Talking. I think Andrew Clements is the master of school stories, and September is the perfect time to read an awesome school story. Hoping this read aloud leads to a bunch of my readers exploring Andrew’s phenomenal books.

We finished our first read aloud of the school year. This one is still a home run with kids. They loved it so darn much. I think I’ve read this one aloud to kids more than any other book. The end gets me EVERY time. 😭

In a cabin with 20 boys at 5th grade camp! 😳Had to bring a picture book to read to them before lights out. They loved the wordless book HIKE. It seemed to help them settle in before we fell asleep. 🏕️

In a cabin with 20 boys at 5th grade camp! 😳Had to bring a picture book to read to them before lights out. They loved the wordless book HIKE. It seemed to help them settle in before we fell asleep. 🏕️

The wonderful @colbysharp.bsky.social giving the sweetest shout-out to my forthcoming middle grade novel, BIRDY (out 2/17/26) #lbyr #readbirdy #bookposse #christyottavianobooks #lbyrfacultylounge #authorsofbsky

I loved Confessions of a Mango. Ruby and her twin brother transfer to a very competitive and intense charter school Benton. Ruby’s brother Bryce loves it. It’s his dream school. Ruby on the other hand feels like she is drowning. Is she the only won that feels this way?

Awesome way to start a school year. I’m heading to library to be inspired by these mentor texts.

The first ten picture books I read aloud to my students. youtu.be/E0EaZSqtH1w?...

Our read alouds for the week.

So illustrator @falynnk.bsky.social & I have our first graphic novel coming out in March, and there are YETIS!! You can pre-order CAMP MONSTER as part of this week's @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale if you'd like! Just use the code PREORDER25 through 9/5. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/camp-monst...

Wowza! CAT NAP is breathtaking. A beautiful work of art. I cannot imagine the work that went into making this amazing picture book. 🐈‍⬛

My fifth graders could not have loved this book more. They felt sooooo seen! 😆 If you haven’t read this one aloud to group of kiddos you are really missing out.

The library is always evolving. colbysharp.substack.com/p/all-the-bo...

Spending my last summer Sunday catching up on picture book reading and holy smokes. @colbysharp.bsky.social was absolutely right about this one. The last three pages WRECKED me in the best way. What a special book. @lourdesheuer.com @maxwelleaton.bsky.social

Read alouds week 1 of the new school year. (3 day week)

Read alouds week 1 of the new school year. (3 day week)

Fifth-grade teacher and author @colbysharp.bsky.social created the This Is a School Teachers' Guide: d3kr0g7umcubly.cloudfront.net/candlewick-p...

We ended the second day of school reading Vashti Harrison’s BIG. It is one of the most powerful picture books to read aloud to a classroom of young readers. My kids were floored. I can tell that they have giant hearts, and that they have a deep desire to do good in this world.

I was able to squeeze in one last summer read before I head back to work tomorrow, and I am so glad that I did. Growing Home is magical. I think it might be the best middle grade book to read aloud from 2025. The characters are so unique and unforgettable. What a fun book!!!!

Our first read aloud of the school year. LFG!!! open.substack.com/pub/colbysha...

Thank you to @colbysharp.bsky.social for including FORTS on the list of Awesome 2025 Books! www.mrcolbysharp.com/2025 #kidlit #picturebooks

Our first read aloud of the school year. LFG!!! open.substack.com/pub/colbysha...

Hoping to finish one more book before I head back of work on Monday.

I loved the first book in this series. Looking forward to reading this one. #kidlit

@jamesponti.bsky.social , you need to see this: