Pernille Schmidt Ripp

Loving this year's Global Read Aloud selections from @pernille.bsky.social! Is your school signed up to participate?

The 2025 Global Read Aloud kicks off on October 6, 2025. This is one of our favorite reading events every year.📚

You can click on each book cover to find the Global Read Aloud Books in @follettcontent.bsky.social Titlewave.❤️

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Our school was awarded a grant to buy books so our whole K-6 school can participate in the Global Read Aloud. We’re excited to partner with other classes around the world reading the same books. I can’t wait to see all the connections we make. 🌎 📚 @theglobalreadaloud.bsky.social #GRA2025

I am thrilled to hear this!

Global Read Aloud Choices 2025 #GRA25 In these continued times of turmoil I have looked to the past and the present for hope. I don’t think I am the only one. When the world around us seems to lose its way, we look back upon othe…

PLUS, join in on Global Read Aloud this month, which has chosen Oge Mora as this year's picture book creator! Each week, read along and join in the discussions for one of Oge Mora's fabulous books, including SATURDAY and Caldecott Honor book THANK YOU, OMU!
🔗: theglobalreadaloud.com/2025/04/07/g...

Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi book cover and global read aloud selection description image

KAREEM BETWEEN by Shifa Saltagi Safadi is now out in paperback! Happy #BookBirthday to this incredible winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and 2025 Global Read Aloud Selection 📚

Click the link below to download the FREE guide!
penguinschoollibrary.com/KareemEdGuide

I’m a doodler. For me, drawing isn’t distraction—it’s focus. With the Global Read Aloud about to begin, I’m sharing ideas for how mindful drawing can deepen read-alouds, spark conversation, and build understanding. Curious how? Click to read more.

My 13 year old just told me I am a cool mom because I used to be in a motorcycle gang.

This is not true.

But I will not correct him.

In case you need me to tell you this, whatever the Clown Car says about autism today, it's going to be a bunch of shit. Read autistic writers and researchers if you actually care about us. We are legion and live it.

Asking questions is brave—especially for kids in a world of AI, bias, and peer pressure. In this post, I share 7 play-based ways to help students practice curiosity, take risks, and feel safe wondering, experimenting, and learning together.

Headline: 12 New and Forthcoming Books by Indigenous Authors, Bookstr logo and three book covers: THE OTHERS by Cheryl Isaacs (Heartdrum); LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Heartdrum); featured contributors: Kaua Māhoe Adams, Marcella Bell, Angeline Boulley, K.A. Cobell, Christine Hartman Derr, A. J. Eversole, Jen Ferguson, Eric Gansworth, Byron Graves, Kate Hart, Karina Iceberg, Cheryl Isaacs, Darcie Little Badger, David A. Robertson, Andrea L. Rogers, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Brian Young; SISTERS IN THE WIND by Angeline Boulley (Henry Holt).

12 New and Forthcoming Books by Indigenous Authors by Nel Aldrich from Bookstr. PEEK: “Here are 12 new or soon-to-be-released books by Indigenous authors, ranging from memoirs to fantasy epics, to an anthology about a legendary fry bread diner.” bookstr.com/list/12-new-... #BookSky

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Conversation with a 2nd grader today - translated from Danish

Her: Hi Pernille, I have a question
Me: Yes…
Her: Why when you get old do you get large knockers?
Me: Well, we continue to develop as we grow older
Her: You must be really old…

Happy first day of school 🤣

1. Planning self directed time for the afternoon of PD day 1 bc the morning is district run

2. Putting must know content in the AM of PD day 2, and giving teams time the rest of day 2.

Reflecting on what to spread out over staff mtgs, what can be an email, what are team leads best suited to share

This is excellent leadership

Admin and school leaders: how are you protecting your staff’s time and load capacity during back to school PD?

First day of PD and I am so overstimulated. So many small decisions discussed, so much conversation, so much sitting. It was all needed but my brain was not ready for that much stimulus at one time.

Time to chill with my kids and then CrossFit to clear the mind before going back tomorrow.

Ready to kick off the year with joyful reading? I’ve created a First 20 Days of Reading calendar to help you build reading stamina & community—one day at a time. It’s full of simple, powerful activities you can use right away! 🌟 #readingculture #pernillerecommends #backtoschool

Oh I am thrilled to hear it can spark new directions. I was so inspired by the newsletter myself❤️

What if a child’s “I can’t read this” is really self-doubt in disguise? Inspired by Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s work on imposter syndrome, this post offers practical ways to support students who don’t feel like real readers—yet. #pernillerecommends #readingidentity #literacysupport

And more here

Looking to boost the adult reading culture at your school? I added a few ideas here 1/2

What a loss for so many of us. Thank you for everything you have done for reading, authors, educators and children

That’s awesome

They are not well known here so we are hoping it will get used at some point

Thank you, my husband designed and built it

A dream come true - there are less than twenty of these in all of Denmark 🇩🇰❤️ #littlefreelibrary

Woke up from my first back-to-school nightmare—heart racing, mind spinning. But this year, I’m preparing differently. Less hustle, more presence. Rest isn't a break from teaching; it’s part of becoming the teacher I want to be. #teacherlife #restiswork #backtoschool #teacherwellbeing

Mandated Lexile-only reading lists? You're not alone. In my latest post, I unpack the harm of Lexile-driven instruction—and offer practical, student-centered alternatives grounded in joy, choice, and real complexity. Let’s rethink what counts as “rigorous” reading. #ReadWriteJoy

One more week of school and then three days of wrap up work time. I am so eager to go on summer break