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Our first bee-centric Book Links feature, which published in May 2012, tied bee books to the Common Core State Standards. In the decade since, bee books have truly taken off, [...]

Molly Bang's My Light (2004) received numerous accolades, including being named a Booklist Editors' Choice selection and a Notable Children's Book. Not long afterward, Bang partnered with Penny Chisholm, an […]

Earlier this year, the National Research Council released the much-anticipated Next Generation Science Standards. Educators in 26 states collaborated with a team of 41 writers to develop the standards. The […]

This year, Dolores Huerta, the civil rights activist who coined the phrase '!Si, se puede!' ('Yes, we can!'), received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her efforts to protect migrant [...]

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) focus on the integration of literacy and content-area instruction; many of the CCSS guidelines are devoted to reading standards for informational texts, and with [...]

The article discusses the benefits of familiarizing students with the work of scientists, particularly commenting on making connections between literature and science under the U.S. Next Generation Science Standards. Books explored include "The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery," by Sandra Markle, "The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon," by Carla Killough McClafferty, and "Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland," by Sally M. Walker.

The article offers information on the integration of literacy and content-area instruction under the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It says that CCSS guidelines deal on reading standards for informational texts and on titles on a single topic allowing children to study the topic. It cites a bibliography of informational books and fictional titles on bees including "The BumbleBee Queen," by April Pulley Sayre, "Honeybees," by Deborah Heiligman, and "The Bee Tree," by Patricia Polacco.