Alicia Abdul posted: " Just because I work primarily with teens doesn't mean I read only young adult titles. Actually, my work is stronger because I read widely. My own kids are now going to be freshmen in high school, so we're well out of reading picture books at bedt" Readers Be Advised
Just because I work primarily with teens doesn't mean I read only young adult titles. Actually, my work is stronger because I read widely.
My own kids are now going to be freshmen in high school, so we're well out of reading picture books at bedtime, but I still read children's books to learn from and stare at beautiful illustrations.
I don't work in a middle school, but I know that some high school students are reading below grade level and there's quite a bit of hopefulness in middle grade novels to be valuable to read when I need to be uplifted.
Yes, I work with teens, so I'm always going to read YA. Plus, the value of YA provides an opportunity to bring me reflect back to my teen days, allow me to remember what it's like (the further I get away from it) in continuing to work with teens, and also to recognize the creativity of YA authors in their storytelling for this audience.
I'm an adult and I haven't always read novels for adults, but in addition to being on a committee currently that is about reading a bevy of adult novels, it's good to remember I am one. And then I get to talk about it with other adults.
Within the last week, here has been my reading widely rainbow (minus the adult book because I can't share!)
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