Episodes

  • Nawal Qarooni talks Family Engagement
    Dec 12 2023

    Co-host Colby Sharp and Donalyn Miller are joined by Nawal Qarooni for this episode. Be sure to check out Nawal 's new book: Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care

    Nawal Qarooni is a Jersey-City based educator and writer who supports a holistic approach to literacy instruction education spaces across the country. Drawing on her work as an inquiry-based leader and as a mother, Nawal’s pedagogy is centered in the rich and authentic learning all families gift their children every day. She is the author of Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Exalting Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care. She also serves on the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Advisory Board, which funds powerful literacy programming in the world.You can learn more about her work at NQCLiteracy.org. Follow her at @nqarooni on IG and @NQCLiteracy on X.

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    25 mins
  • Selecting the Last Read Aloud of the School Year
    May 3 2023

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    18 mins
  • An Introduction to Reading Communities
    Apr 18 2023

    In this episode Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp begin a conversation around reading communities. They share their earliest memories, and talk about classroom reading communities. 

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    16 mins
  • Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp React to the ALA Youth Media Award Winners
    21 mins
  • Introducing Books to Kids: Book Talks
    Nov 3 2022

    Part one of the series: Introducing Books to Kids

    Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp talk about to use book talks to introduce kids to books.

    If you have a question for the show, please fill out this form: tinyurl.com/asknerdy

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    24 mins
  • How can parents support teachers and librarians?
    Oct 14 2022

    In this episode, Colby and Donalyn were joined by Texas librarian Becky Calzada to talk about how parent can support teachers and librarians. 

    Be sure to follow Becky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/becalzada

    If you have a question for the show fill out this form: https://tinyurl.com/asknerdy

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    24 mins
  • Launching Ask Nerdy
    Sep 29 2022

    In this episode Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp talk about the history of Nerdy Book Club, and the direction they see the community heading in the future.

    If you'd like to submit a question for the show, please fill out the form linked below.

    https://tinyurl.com/asknerdy

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    15 mins