12. Playing "book matchmaker" for your students

<p>Today I share some simple tips for building your knowledge of great books your students will love, and actually pumping them up for your students in an authentic way! You will start to see a true community of readers bloom, with real conversations around new favorite books happening so naturally between you and your students.</p> <p>Not only will this positively impact your students' literacy growth, it will create a great sense of community and relationship-building in your classroom!</p> <p>I'd love to hear your favorite tip from the episode, and I would absolutely love to chat youth literature with you! Let's connect on Instagram or over in the Apple Blossom Teachers Facebook group to keep this conversation going, and inspire one another with our classroom reading communities!</p>