The Mailbox Bookbag
The Teacher's Idea Magazine for Children's Literature
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These magazines are an outstanding resource for all grade level teachers. While each has specific features for the month, they all include: Units for Chapter Books and Novels, Seasonal Selections, Motivation Station, Book Hooks, Bulletin Boards for Books, Beyond Book Reports (creative ways for students to share about books), Our Readers Write about Books and Such, and much more. Specific magazines include:


Aug/Sept 1998-
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon, Lyddie, 17 Rootin'-Tootin' Readin' Ideas, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Reader's Club, Cowboy Books, Katherine Paterson

Dec.Jan 1998-99 -
Celebrating Gifts from the Heart, The Stories Julian Tells, Circle of Gold, The Fear Place, Folktales, Storytelling, Joanne Ryder


Feb/Mar 1999 -
The Chalk Box Kid, Art and Literature, Bookmaking, Patricia C McKissack, Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing, Yolanda's Genius

April/May 1999 -
My Father's Dragon, April Fools, Mexico, Walter Dean Myers, Humorous Books to Tickle Your Funny Bone, Great Graphic Organizers, Call it Courage, Me, Mop and the Moondance Kid

June/July 1999
End Your Year with a Summer Reading Camp. Books for Backyard Environmentalist, Skylark, The Cuckoo Kid, Tuck Everlasting, Dick King-Smith

August/September 1999
Foster Friendships with Inspiring Books, Connect Math and Literature, Clyde Robert, Bulla, A Lion to Guard Us, Frindle, Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

October/November 2002
Measurement, Westward Expansion, Character Analysis, Jane Yolen, Who Stole the Wizard of Oz?, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Bud, Not Buddy, The Pumpkin Runner