About Mentor Text Central

I have been mulling the idea of Mentor Text Central for a while.

As the school librarian this year,  I would often have teachers stop into the library and ask me to recommend a book for this strategy or that genre.

I started searching online for a good and handy 'bank of mentor texts' to recommend to our teachers. I just could not find what I thought would be relevant, meaningful and user-friendly for our incredibly busy and hard working teachers.

So....I developed this blog in a way that I thought would be a helpful tool for busy teachers.

My goal with this blog is to share my knowledge of children's literature--particularly picture books--with as many teachers as I can reach.

I wanted to try to take a lot of the guess work off your plate for finding the right mentor text.  With each book review, I  provide of you: a synopsis of a book, a quick example of the author's writing style
(My Favorite Line in the story) and a list of ways the book could be used as a mentor text.  I have also included the author's website or blog information when available.

All suggestions are my ideas...and they are simply that--suggestions.  I want to encourage you to let me know about what worked for you.  Any suggestions that you may have or idea sharing that you would like to do-would be very welcomed!

I hope you find my blog useful. It is just in its infancy!  Please check back often as I add new titles daily (or nearly daily!).  I am open to your feedback to improve this blog in ways that will help make your teaching life easier.  Just let me know!