In the Classroom: A Mural of When You Reach Me

Last year I enjoyed reading When You Reach Me on my own, but it was when I read it aloud to my class that I fell headlong in love with it.  For this year's class I began reading it aloud shortly before the ALA awards announcements. When I returned to school and told the kids that it had won the Newbery Medal they were momentarily pleased, but then urged me to continue reading.

Remembering how much fun last year's class had creating a mural of the 2009 Newbery winner,  after finishing the book ...