Shannon and Mary chat with Donalyn Miller & Colby Sharp about their recently published Common Sense Guide to Your Classroom Library.    The reading teachers discuss how to set up and use the library to maximize its impact with kids.   This conversation provides the WHY behind decision making and instructional use of the classroom library.

Episode Resources:

1. The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library: Building a Collection that Inspires, Engages, and Challenges Readers by Donalyn Miller & Colby Sharp * Amazon affiliate link*
2. Colby Sharp's Blog
3. Nerdy Book Club (joint blog)
4. Donalyn Miller's website The Book Whisperer.com
5. Game Changer!  Book Access for All Kids by Donalyn Miller & Colby Sharp *Amazon affiliate link*
6. Reading Rockets: Creating a Classroom Library
7. Scholastic:  6 Tips to Help Set Up a Classroom Library
8. Education to the Core:   Setting Up Your Classroom Library
9. our episode about Books as Windows, Doors, and Mirrors
10. Building an Effective Classroom Library by Susan Catapano, Jane Fleming, and Martille Elias (Journal of Language and Literacy Education 2009)
11. Choice Literacy:    Creating a  Student-Organized Classroom Library
12. ASCD:  Creating a Classroom Library Together  
13. BookSource to Organize your Collection
14. Regie Routman:  Organize an Outstanding Classroom Library 
15. Booksourcebanter:    Resources for Building a Classroom Library  
16. Follett Classroom Library Manager  
17. The Yarn (Children's Literature Podcast by Colby Sharp and Travis Jonker)
18. Colby's Youtube  description of a Book Pass 
19. Twitter:  https://twitter.com/colbysharp
    https://twitter.com/donalynb

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