![The Hurricanes of Weakerville by Chris Rylander [Video]](https://video.travel4meaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mp_69531_0_0jpg.jpg)
I can’t wait to book talk Chris Rylander’s The Hurricanes of Weakerville in my fifth grade classroom. This book was SO much fun to read. Affiliate link to purchase the book: https://amzn.to/3NLgd8g Have you preordered a copy of The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library? https://amzn.to/3vnXbi1 Book description from the publisher: Middle grade star author Chris Rylander brings his signature sense of humor, a compelling and original baseball story, and tons of heart to the story of the Hurricanes of Weakerville. All his life, Alex Weakerman has had one passion: baseball. Specifically, the Hurricanes of Weakerville, Iowa–the scrappy independent-league team owned by his Grandpa Ira. Even as team and the town have fallen on tough times, there's no place Alex would rather be than at the ballpark–a hot dog in one hand, a pencil and scorebook in the other, keeping track of each and every statistic. Alex has never been all that great at playing baseball, but that doesn't matter. For someone as painfully awkward as Alex, being a fan–and a wiz with baseball stats–is all he needs. When Grandpa Ira passes away, though, Alex is crushed. He's lost his best friend, and he doesn't see any way that the team will survive. But Ira, it seems, has one last trick up his sleeve: his will names Alex the new manager of the Hurricanes. Alex is as excited as he is terrified at the chance to finally put some of his fantasy baseball genius to use. But as he sets to work trying to win over the players, he soon learns that leading them to victory is about more than just stats. Will he be able to save his team, his hometown, and his family legacy? From the author of The Fourth Stall, a SCBWI Sid Fleischman Humor Award winner and multiple state-award favorite, The Hurricanes of Weakerville is sure to appeal to middle grade readers looking for a funny book about real kids. Check out my list of AWESOME 2022 books: https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2022 Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids: https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9781338310597 The Creativity Project edited by Colby Sharp (ME!) https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9780316507813 Places to find me: Website: http://www.mrcolbysharp.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/colbysharp Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/colbysharp I started a newsletter! Click below to sign up. http://eepurl.com/c_gMYT Thanks for tuning in. Please let me know if I can help you in any way. colbysharp@gmail.com
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![Gabe in the After by Shannon Doleski [Video]](https://video.travel4meaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mp_66597_0_0jpg.jpg)
Shannon Doleski’s Gabe in the After is awesome. Kids are going to love this one. I can’t wait to book talk it in class. Affiliate link to purchase the book: https://amzn.to/3u8mHa6 Have you preordered a copy of The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library? https://amzn.to/3vnXbi1 Book description from the publisher: Two years after a global pandemic, twenty survivors (most of them children) have relocated from their coastal Maine island full of sad memories to a mansion on a small, neighboring island where they have school and farm chores. When Gabe and his dog Mud find Relle Douglas alone in the woods on the mainland, they take the strange new girl across the channel to live with them. Relle changes the island with her hopeful attitude. She tells big stories and makes plans for activities like talent shows. Despite a growing crush, Gabe doesn’t quite understand the point of it all; why have a talent show at the end of the world? But when tragedy strikes, Gabe sets out on a dangerous journey to try and find other survivors where the world might be normal. Like Before. Lightly inspired by Anne of Green Gables, Gabe in the After is a moving and heartfelt story about the end of the world—and what perseveres through it. Check out my list of AWESOME 2022 books: https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2022 Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids: https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9781338310597 The Creativity Project edited by Colby Sharp (ME!) https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9780316507813 Places to find me: Website: http://www.mrcolbysharp.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/colbysharp Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/colbysharp I started a newsletter! Click below to sign up. http://eepurl.com/c_gMYT Thanks for tuning in. Please let me know if I can help you in any way. colbysharp@gmail.com
![A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga [Video]](https://video.travel4meaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mp_66308_0_0jpg.jpg)
Jasmine Warga’s A Rover’s Story is fantastic. Kids are going to be falling in love with this books for YEARS to come. Affiliate link to purchase the book: https://amzn.to/3y2G8lM Have you preordered a copy of The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library? https://amzn.to/3vnXbi1 Book description from the publisher: The One and Only Ivan meets The Wild Robot in this unique and deeply moving middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover, from the Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words for Home. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name. Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop human-like feelings. Maybe there's a problem with his programming…. Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs. As he navigates Mars's difficult landscape, Res is tested in ways that go beyond space exploration. As millions of people back on Earth follow his progress, will Res have the determination, courage–and resilience–to succeed… and survive? Check out my list of AWESOME 2022 books: https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2022 Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids: https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9781338310597 The Creativity Project edited by Colby Sharp (ME!) https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9780316507813 Places to find me: Website: http://www.mrcolbysharp.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/colbysharp Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/colbysharp I started a newsletter! Click below to sign up. http://eepurl.com/c_gMYT Thanks for tuning in. Please let me know if I can help you in any way. colbysharp@gmail.com
![Did You Miss Monday Mojo LIVE With LaDonna June 6th, 2022 at 6:00PM CT / 7:00PM ET? [Video]](https://video.travel4meaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mp_55585_0_0jpg.jpg)
✿ Did You Miss Monday Mojo LIVE With LaDonna June 6th, 2022 at 6:00PM CT / 7:00PM ET? No worries! Follow the link below to our YouTube channel to enjoy it anytime!✿Savvy Social Collabs Presents “Monday Mojo with Home Sweet Home Treasures”✿Hosts LaDonna McAbee and Olivia Vo✿Watch weekly on Monday’s at 6:00PM CT / 7:00PM ET✿Tune In For MOJO – Great Ideas, Discounts, and MORE!✿Our definition of “Mojo” keeps on expanding as we observe it and apply it to our daily lives!✿ We want to hear your Mojo stories!✿ Let’s find your Mojo this week. Tune in LIVE as we have a special episode✿ Did you know that Essential Oils can help your Mojo? There are many different scents that offer so many benefits to your health and well being.✿ Today, just for you, we are bringing on special guest speaker Tracey Cairns-Sharpe to educate you on the benefits of different Essential Oils. You do NOT want to miss this! Tune in LIVE for your health, wellbeing, and most importantly to get your MOJO started!✿ Please remember that for the month of June we are fundraising for an extremely important cause. The families of ROBB Elementary School and the community of Uvalde, TX are living through an unthinkable nightmare. Losing a child is one of the most devastating things a parent, family member, and even a community can face. And 19 beautiful innocent children were lost. Let’s help these families and their community in one of the only ways we can. Read the information below for instructions on how you can help.✿ The owners, associates, staff, and the HomeSweetHomeTreasures community appreciates all that you do for us and anything you can do for the individuals, corporations, and communities etc that we partner with to raise funds for their cause. We verify every fundraiser prior to partnering with them and we verify the funds go to the right people. Thank you for all you do. And remember, if you are unable to make a purchase, you can still help by passing on the information and the link to our site!✿ PLUS! Listen carefully for the “code word drop” for 15% off your order!《《 For June’s Fundraiser, we are raising funds for ROBB Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas》》✿ This is a fundraiser to raise money for the families who lost their innocent children to the violent school shooting on May 24th, 2022. We will donate 40% of your purchases to those affected. Remember, if you are unable to make a purchase, pass on this information and the link below! ✿ Shop the link below for this fundraiser: https://homesweethometreasures…《 NEW! 》》 Nominate a Cause or Fundraiser and Sign up as a Purposeful Ambassador on the website at:www.HomeSweetHomeTreasures.net…✿Shop vintage items at:www.HomeSweetHomeTreasures.net✿Go to our ALL NEW YOUTUBE channel, subscribe and LIKE our videos! Goto the link below to enjoy our June 6th, 2022 Monday Mojo video ANYTIME!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqe5GnlMrQ#savvysocialcollab, #homesweethometreasures, #PurposefulShopping, #MondayMojo #homedecor, #fundraiser, #shopvintage, #gottaloveit, #lovetreasures, #saveourlandfills, #Uvalde, #Texas, #RobbElementary
![Kid Lit Book Mail Volume 61 [Video]](https://video.travel4meaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mp_52043_0_0jpg.jpg)
Have you preordered a copy of The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library?https://amzn.to/3vnXbi1Check out my list of AWESOME 2022 books:https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2022Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids:https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9781338310597The Creativity Project edited by Colby Sharp (ME!)https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9780316507813Places to find me:Website: http://www.mrcolbysharp.comInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/colbysharpTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/colbysharpI started a newsletter! Click below to sign up.http://eepurl.com/c_gMYTThanks for tuning in. Please let me know if I can help you in any way.colbysharp@gmail.com
![Kid Lit Book Mail Volume 58 [Video]](https://video.travel4meaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mp_39177_0_0jpg.jpg)
Have you preordered a copy of The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library? https://amzn.to/3vnXbi1 Check out my list of AWESOME 2022 books: https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2022 Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids: https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9781338310597 The Creativity Project edited by Colby Sharp (ME!) https://bookshop.org/a/4866/9780316507813 Places to find me: Website: http://www.mrcolbysharp.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/colbysharp Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/colbysharp I started a newsletter! Click below to sign up. http://eepurl.com/c_gMYT Thanks for tuning in. Please let me know if I can help you in any way. colbysharp@gmail.com
![TO HELP SOMEONE! by Kayla | 27 Stories Written By Kids – Strathcona Elementary [Video]](https://video.travel4meaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mp_34376_0_0jpg.jpg)
27 Stories Written By Kids – Strathcona ElementaryWritten and Co-Directed by Lord Strathcona Elementary’s 2022 Grade 7 students.To Help Someone!by KaylaThese short plays have been written by students of Strathcona Elementary School. They are performed by Babaloluwa Oyedele, Winona Myles, Kefira Mok, Teddy Ngkaion and Chris Cochrane in a filmed performance at The Cultch Historic Theatre, directed by Laura McLean with co-direction from the students themselves.—————————————Directed by Laura McLeanStarring Babaloluwa Oyedele, Winona Myles, Kefira Mok, Teddy Ngkaion and Chris CochraneProduction Design / Props Johnny HamiltonEditor Birdie HamiltonSound Design Matt ClarkeProduced by Johnny Hamilton and Matt ClarkeFundraising Tamar Av-Shalom, Steve James, and Matt ClarkeFilmed at The Cultch Historic Theatre, Vancouver BCVenue Technician Kaden O’ReillyVenue Technician and Lights Nicole WeismillerHead Audio Kyra SokoVideo Director Cameron Anderson Technical Director Cody BilesIGNITE! Youth Program Manager Valentina Acevedo MontillaThe Cultch Production Manager Andrew McCawPresented by Vancouver Film SchoolSupported through ArtStarts in Schools, the Province of British Columbia, and the British Columbia Arts CouncilSponsored by IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival and The Cultch TheatreProduced by Little Mountain Lion ProductionsThank you to our Community Sponsors: Strathcona Elementary Parent Advisory CommitteeToys R Us BroadwayKids Market on Granville IslandBoultbee RealtyPizza Coming SoonKoala T MechanicalFalse Creek Cooperative Housing Communal Spaces CommitteeSpecial thank you to Steven Adstrubale, Doug Sherret, Jacqueline Andre, Craig Larson, Conor Murphy, Principal Jason Eng, and all VSB staff who made the effort to create connection during the school year.
![State Spotlight: Catie Embry – Recruitment [Video]](https://video.travel4meaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/mp_27519_0_0jpg.jpg)
Physical educator Catie Embry from Natcher Elementary School in Bowling Green, KY, shares how the health. moves. minds. service-learning program changed the culture at her school and got buy-in from parents. In the first year of the program, they doubled their fundraising goal and raised $8,000! This success has inspired her to recruit other educators to lead a fundraiser that benefits their students, school and a charity they have a passion for.