In this special summer reading episode, we’re sharing some of our favorite recent reads that will inspire you to kick back with a good book on your break. From magical realism to historical romance, we discuss the books that have surprised and delighted us this year, and we share recommendations for professional development and classroom inspiration. Plus, we give an exciting update on our upcoming book, Structure and Spark, and why we’re passionate about helping teachers navigate the different seasons of the school year. If you're looking for great book recommendations to add to your summer reading stack, this episode is full of ideas!

Prefer to read? Grab the episode transcript and resources in the show notes here: https://www.secondstorywindow.net/podcast/summer-reading-list-for-teachers/

Books Mentioned:

• The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
• Classroom Engagement: The Unwritten Code by Jen Foster
• How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh
• The Together Teacher: Plan Ahead, Get Organized, Save Time by Maia Heyck-Merlin
• The Smallest of Joys by Diane Shiffer
• The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
• One and Only by Maurene Goo
• Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser
• The Joyful Classroom by Lynn Bechtel and Kristen Vincent
• Do I Have Your Attention? Understanding Memory Constraints and Maximizing Learning by Blake Harvard
• Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan
• This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
• Preorder our book Structure and Spark

More Resources:

• Kindle / Tablet stand
• Reading Journey app
• Join The Teacher Approved Club
• Connect with us on Instagram @2ndstorywindow
• Shop our teacher-approved resources
• Join our Teacher Approved Facebook group
• Leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
• Leave a comment or rating on Spotify

Related Episodes to Enjoy:

• Episode 71. The Easy Way Teachers Can Learn This Summer: 10 PD Books We Love
• Episode 65. Make an Easy Plan For Your Perfect Teacher Summer: Recovery and Readiness
• Episode 130. The 2 Things Teachers Need to Refuel This Summer
• Episode 197. A Teacher Summer Self Care and Recovery Plan That Doesn’t Feel Like Work

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This is episode 264 of Teacher Approved.

You're listening to Teacher Approved, the podcast helping

educators elevate what matters and simplify the rest. I'm

Heidi.

And I'm Emily. We're the creators behind Second Story

Window, where we give research-based and

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more effective. You can check out the show notes and resources

from each episode at secondstorywindow.net.

We're so glad you're tuning in today. Let's get to

the show.

Hey there, thanks for joining us today. In today's

episode, we are talking all about summer reading. It's a fun

one, plus we've got a teacher-approved tip for turning

reading into a celebration.

But first, let's start with a try it tomorrow, where we

share a quick win that you can try right away. Emily, what's

our suggestion for this week?

This week, if you haven't already, you should download the

Libby app. So, if you haven't heard of it, because you live

under a rock or something, well, Heidi only heard about it

recently, so.

No, that's not true. I did know about it, I just didn't

have it.

That's true, that's true. Okay, well, Libby is a free app

that connects to your local library and lets you borrow

ebooks and audiobooks. So you sign in with your library card,

and you can browse the library's whole digital collection, and

check things out the same way that you would in person, except

it all happens on your phone.

And it really is actually free. It's not one of those

things that you have to like put in your credit card to get a

trial of. The library pays for the licenses, so you're not

pirating anything. All of the authors are getting paid, you

just read the books, and you don't have to pay anything.

Yeah, you may have to wait a while to get the book you

want, that is the risk of that. So, my tip is to always have

your holds maxed out, however many holds your library has,

have that many waiting, so that you're more likely to always

have something to read, although it does tend to be that you get

three or four holds up at the exact same time.

That's how it works all the time.

Yeah, well, you can read on your phone or your tablet

through the app, and you can listen to the audiobooks in the

app, and if you have a Kindle, you can send the ebook directly

to your Kindle to read it there, which is so nice. But yes, just

be aware about if it's a popular book, especially, it's going to

have a waitlist. But sometimes that also means they recently

bought more, or they're gonna buy more while you're on the

wait list, so sometimes you get off of it faster than you think.

And if you don't have a library card, this is your sign,

and no judgment, because I just barely got my library card. And

so you can join me in starting with Libby this summer. I've

only had it a few weeks, and I've already read a ton more

than I usually do.

I know it's so nice when they're just there and they're

free.

And every day you get like a little surprise, like,

"Oh, my hold came up."

Yes, such a treat. Yeah. Well, if you like this idea or

anything else we share here on the podcast, would you take a

second and give us a five-star rating? Ratings and reviews are

one way that new listeners find us, so every rating and review

really means a lot to us and is a huge help.

Okay, we are going to try something a little bit different

today.

Yes, we are. So, since books are such a big part of

summer fun, at least for us, or for you if you're doing your

summer right, we are dedicating today's episode to reading, so

we're going to be sharing some of our recent faves and what's

on our summer to be read lists. And don't worry about writing

everything down, because we will have all the links in the show

notes.

Plus we will be talking about a special book that we are

pretty excited about, but before we get to that, why don't you

kick things off with one of your book recommendations, Emily?

Okay, my first recommendation is my most

favorite book of the year so far, and that is One and Only by

Maurene Goo. I hope that's how you pronounce it. And it is

about a Korean American named Cassia Park, who lives in Los

Angeles, where she works for the family matchmaking business. So,

the secret to their success is that for centuries the women in

her family have been able to peer into the past lives of

their clients to find their fated true love, and Cassie has

known who her fated is for 10 years, but she hasn't met him

yet, and now she's almost 40, but she does meet a younger man

named Ellis, who is handsome and wonderful, but he's not her

fated. So I just got such a kick out of this book. It didn't go

the way I thought it was gonna go. It really surprised me how

That is one of my favorites too. I have not seen

much I enjoyed it. And I do love a book with some magical realism.

this book anywhere. I'm gonna grab that.

You're missing out. It's good.

I'll put it on as one of my Libby holds.

There you go. All right, what's your first

recommendation?

Okay, my first recommendation is also a little

bit of magical realism, but historical romance. This is The

Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton, and

I read another of India Holton's, that, what is it, The

Ornithologist Field Guide to Love? She's got such a fun,

unique voice. It's very, very dry humor. Just picture like

uptight Victorian ladies who are, you know, the the prim and

proper auntie who's worried about her young niece catching

cold if she goes out without her shawl on, but they're, they're

also pirates. They're not at all concerned that she's covered in

gunpowder, and a grenade just came launching through the

window.

Oh, this sounds amazing.

Prim and proper Society of Lady Pirates in Victorian

England, and they have houses that fly, so instead of ships,

they sail their houses around.

Obviously.

It is just so crazy and so silly and so fun. If you like

historical fiction with a little bit of romance and just want to

have a fun time, this, this is the book.

Well, this is already on my TBR, so I'm glad to hear that

it's a good one.

Yes, and I got it through Libby. Hey, look at that.

All right, I'll put it on my holds. I think I have one

open spot.

That came up pretty quick. I only barely put it on

the other day, and I already got it. It came up really fast. So,

yeah, okay. Emily, give us another one.

Well, I'm going to share a teaching book recommendation.

If you want a teaching book to inspire you this summer, and

that is The Joyful Classroom by Lynn Bechtel and Kristen

Vincent. So this is a great read for inspiration and guidance on

how to make your class more joyful, so that your students

are more engaged and challenged. And this is important because

the research supports that students learn more when they're

engaged, and when students are engaged, your job is much more

fun. And we feel really strongly about that, which ties into the

special book we'll be sharing later. But Joyful Classroom was

also worth a read.

Yeah, I really like that one, and I appreciated that it

wasn't very dense, so it was very clear, practical takeaways,

lots that you could take from it, but it didn't feel like a

slog to get through. It wasn't super heavy and like research

language that was hard to navigate. It was just, it was

written to help teachers, and that was very clear. And I think

so often we underestimate how important it is to enjoy your

job.

Yeah.

But it is important to enjoy your job.

I think that's a big key with teacher burnout is that if

you don't even like it, you're going to get burned out so much

faster, because there's already a million things to help burn

you out as a teacher. So, at least if you could have the

teaching part be something you enjoy, that's the goal.

Yes, absolutely.

Well, did you have a teaching book you want to share?

Yes. So, the one I am recommending is called Classroom

The Unwritten Code by Jen Foster. And again, I like

this for the same reason I like The Joyful Classroom, is that

it's just full of really practical takeaways that are

easy to consume. If you're reading a professional

development book on your personal time, you don't want to

have to wade through all of the research summaries to get to the

good stuff.

Yeah.

You just want, what do I need to know for tomorrow, or

for back to school to make this year easier. And this book is

laid out really clearly. It's very easy to navigate. The

content is broken down in a way that makes sense, so it's,

highly recommend that one if you want teacher development,

classroom management, but not any of the stress.

That sounds like a great read. I'll add that to my list

too.

Okay. Emily, what is your third recommendation for us?

Okay, I actually had a hard time narrowing it down to

only three. This was hard, but based on what I was most blown

away by this year, my third recommendation is Lady Tremaine

by Rachel Hochhauser, and this is a Cinderella retelling, which

I do like a fairy tale retelling, but I also think

they're hard to do well. So I was kind of not sure that this

was gonna work, and this is told from the eyes of the evil

stepmother in Cinderella, and I feel like I should say that evil

is in quotation marks. And I really was worried this is going

to be predictable, because you know the Cinderella story, but

that wasn't true at all, and it wasn't completely faithful to,

like, the Disney version of Cinderella. There was a lot

more, you know, ability to change the story a little bit.

And I feel like it just tells a really interesting tale of the

lengths a mother will go to for her children and also how

powerful a strong ambitious woman can be, so, and this book

is a debut novel from this author, which is pretty

incredible, because it's an amazing book and it's getting

really good reviews.

Well, that's interesting. I love a good retelling.

Yeah, you'll have to read it. It's good.

Okay, I'm kind of picturing Lady Featherington

from Bridgerton.

Yes, yes, in some ways yes, but I would say a little

more willing to get her hands dirty, that maybe.

Oh, okay.

She, you know, Mrs. Featherington is not so much.

Lady Featherington, not Mrs. She's a lady, right? Isn't she a

lady?

Yeah.

All right. What's your third recommendation?

This has to come with a caveat that I don't know how it

ends. I was listening to this on Spotify, and Spotify only gives

you so many hours a month.

Oh, yes.

So I'm not to the end yet, but so far I really enjoy

this.

Well I've read to the end, so I can say that the

ending is good.

Okay, phew. Emily can vouch for this. This is called

How to Write a Love Story. It is by Catherine Walsh, and the only

other books I've read by Catherine Walsh have been

Christmas ones, and I've loved her Christmas books. They take

place in Ireland, and they're, you know, just full of heart,

nothing too racy or scandalous.

Yes, you'll get the swears, but.

Yes, Irish are sweary. Yeah, nothing too heartbreaking

happens, but it's also not mind-numbingly boring, like this

happens, but you're not, you know, in agony over it. So, this

is the story of a young woman whose father wrote a famous

fantasy novel series, and he died before the final book could

be published, and so the publisher wants her to write

this final book, and she is really struggling. I cannot

blame her, that would be an impossible task. And so the

publisher sends over an editor to help her, and wouldn't you

know he's young and handsome and full of ideas. Hijinks may

ensue.

Yes, and it's got that small town feel of this cute

little town in Ireland, and the people in it, like, it's a good

one. I really liked, I just love Catherine Walsh. All the books

I've read from her, I really like.

Just so fun.

Okay, so we still have our TBRs to share, but hopefully

we have given you some good ideas for titles to add to your

TBR list, but of course we have to mention our very top

recommendation, which is Structure and Spark, a flexible

framework to manage every classroom curveball, which we

wrote, so we may be biased.

Yeah, we wrote a book, I still can't believe it, and it

comes out August 18. We're so excited, so excited. We've been

working on this since November of 2024, so it's been a long

time.

Yeah.

And the book walks you step by step through the seasons

of the school year with specific examples of ways to adjust your

management to meet the particular needs of that season.

And by season we do not mean winter, spring, summer, and

fall. We mean the specific seasons that we have identified

that the teacher experiences throughout the school year. And

once you're aware of them, you can be prepared for them, so you

won't be caught off guard again by the spring fever chattiness.

You'll know it's coming, and you'll have a plan for exactly

how to address it, so you can pre-order the book now and be

ready to go this school year.

And we know that every author says this, but pre-orders

really, really do matter. The publisher is already tracking

totals, so we would love to get that number as high as possible.

Yes, we are so grateful to any of you who pre-order, and

as a thank you for anyone who does, we've got some bonuses for

you. So, let's tell you about the bonuses. So, the first one

is our Spark Vault, and this is a collection of small ways that

you can add Spark to your day when you need a little energy to

add to your lesson, or something to get your students engaged

again. We've got the vault of ideas that you can just quickly

grab something that will help you when your Tuesday afternoon

is dragging.

And then, you know, because we love a podcast around

here, we are creating a special private podcast companion

listening series, so we will walk you through the book season

by season, and give you lots of extra support and ideas to go

along with that season, and ways you can implement those ideas in

your classroom. And you know the bonus of a podcast is you can

just listen wherever you happen to be in the summer, so you

don't have to make time to sit down and really pay attention,

because we're going to go along with you.

Yes, and our third bonus is the Structure and Spark

Coach. So, if you like using AI, we have a custom AI tool that is

trained on our framework. So, when your class is bouncing off

the walls and you can't tell whether this is a structure

problem or a Spark problem, you can describe what's happening,

and the coach will help you sort it out and point you to some

ideas of what to try, so it's kind of like a diagnostic

version of what you'll learn in the book, so it's good to have

both. They will work well together.

And then the final bonus is time in the Teacher Approved Club,

where we use this structure and Spark framework every month, and

the earlier you pre-order, the longer you get for free in the

club. So, if you pre-order by June 15, which is today, you

will get three months free in the club. If you preorder by

July 15, you get two months free, and if you pre-order by

August 17, which is the day before our book comes out, you

get one month free in the Teacher Approved Club.

You can check out the link in the show notes, or visit

secondstorywindow.net/book to find all of the details and all

of the ways to order your copy.

Okay, now let's get to our TBRs. Heidi, what's one of

the books on your TBR?

Okay, well, since we're talking teaching, one of the

books I want to read this summer is called The Together Teacher

by Maya Hake Merlin, and I did start this last summer, but you

know, life got busy and I put it away, and but I really want to

get back to it, because the ideas are so good. So it's all

about how to organize your teaching life, but the ideas are

so valuable that I, even though I'm not in the classroom right

now, there were very actionable takeaways that I need in my own

life.

Oh.

You start by kind of looking at your, what your

ideal, realistically ideal week would look like, and then what

systems have to be in place to make that happen. And then

figuring out how to put break those systems down into the

parts that they need, and then how to put those into action in

your life. So, it's really, I love that it works big picture

down to like granular detail, and then it walks you step by

step through how all of these pieces work together. If you are

in the classroom, I think this could be such a valuable

resource, and even if you're not, like I said, there's tons

of good time management, material management, life

management tips in there that I found really helpful. So I'm

excited to get back to that. I just pulled it out today. All my

post-it notes are sticking out of it, ready to dive in.

Well, that sounds like an excellent read.

Yes, highly recommend. Okay, Emily, what is top on your

TBR list?

Well, for a teaching book, I have Do I Have Your

Understanding Memory Constraints and Maximizing

Learning by Blake Harvard. So, I just really love learning about

the science of learning and the way your brain works to handle

information and your memory. I just find that so fascinating,

and I think it's really important for us as teachers to

understand, so we can tailor our teaching to those findings, and

I just think this sounds like a really promising read.

Yeah, that does sound interesting. I'll have to check

that out.

Yeah, what's next on your TBR?

Okay, so next up is the book, The Smallest of Joys by

Diane Shiffer, and if you're like me, maybe you already

followed Diane on Instagram or TikTok. Her name on there is

ShifferDiane, I think it's her username. And if you haven't met

Diane, you are in for a treat. She is the loveliest woman in

the whole wide world. She calls herself like a vintage Nana. She

says her style guru is Aunt Bea from the Andy Griffith show.

You know what, that tracks.

She loves wearing, you know, vintage dresses from the

30s and 40s, and her home is, you know, decorating these

lovely vintage linens, and she just, it's just sunshine and

sunlight and warmth and a big hug on your screen. And this is

her new book that came out. I actually pre-ordered it, but I

haven't had a chance to listen yet. And, of course, I had to

get the audio book, because I want to hear her read it to me,

because her laugh is just like a warm cup of a hug, like you're

drinking a hug. It's so darling. So, I had to get the audio book.

I thought the book was going to be like a memoir, but it's

actually just short essays about her thoughts on life, and she

kind of moves through the year about, you know, lessons from

winter and lessons from spring. And so I'm really excited to

dive into that, because she is such a lovely person. So, and

getting to spend time with her sounds like a treat.

Well, I will definitely be anxious to hear what you

think about. I'm sure you'll love it, because she is a treat.

I would love to check that one out.

Definitely. Okay, Emily, what is next on your TBR?

I've got Dolly All the Time by Annabelle Monahan. So, I

have loved all of Annabelle's other books, and this one is

getting excellent reviews. Everyone I've heard from has

raved about it, and I don't know a ton about the story, but I do

believe it's a fake dating story, which I'm not gonna lie,

that's my favorite trope. But it's hard to do well.

Yes, it's adjacent to, like, marriage of convenience,

but it makes more sense in the modern world. I haven't read any

Annabelle Monahan, she has really bright covers, right?

Yes. Oh, you've got to, they're good.

Yeah. Okay. Well, now I've got Libby. I have so many

more options.

All right. What's your last book on your TBR?

Okay. Well, this is another magical realism one.

This is The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston. So, the premise

is the new head gardener, a young woman moves to this

enchanting Lily Moore house to take care of this old home, and

she stumbles upon a secret garden that has a door that,

like, vanishes and reappears, but never in the same place

twice, and when she goes through it, she finds this secret garden

that happens to have a mystery man trapped inside of it.

As we all do.

So I loved The Seven Year Slip from her.

Yes.

And last year, what was the one we read last year?

I can't remember what it was called. It was like she kind

of gets stuck in a town from a book she's read, so like a

fictional town, right? Isn't that the premise?

No, it was the song. She could, she and her like rival

songwriter guy could hear the same song, like could hear each

other's thoughts.

Yes.

I think it started, they could hear the same song, and

then they could start hearing each other's thoughts as they

collaborate to write this song.

Well, the book town one is another one by her. I know

that's one of her books, and all her books have magical realism

in them.

Yeah, so the one with the song was Sounds Like Love, and

the trapped in the fictional romance town was A Novel Love

Story.

Yes, yes, yes.

And I bought The Dead Romantics, but I haven't read

that one yet. I'm saving that. That felt like a fall read.

Yeah, that's one I haven't read yet either. But I

have liked her other ones. They're fun.

Yeah, I like magical realism because it's a way to up

the stakes without having to necessarily up the trauma.

Yes, and there's usually less world building than a true

fantasy book.

Yes, also that. If you're listening to this episode the

day it comes out, this book comes out tomorrow. So I'm very

excited, I got it pre-ordered, so I'm ready to go.

Fun.

Okay, Emily, what is your last recommendation for us?

Okay, my last one is another one that I've been

seeing get tons of good reviews, and that is This Book Made Me

Think of You by Libby Page. It makes me wonder if that is a pen

name.

Yeah, it might be.

So, this one's about Tilly Nightingale, who finds out

there's a birthday gift waiting for her at her local bookstore

from her husband, which is surprising, because he died four

months ago. But he had left her 12 books, one for each month, to

help her in the first year without him. So she sets off on

a year of bookish adventures, and she's vlogging it as she

goes. It has lots of good reviews, and it sounds really

sweet, so I'm excited to listen to that.

That sounds like a good one, and hopefully you've gotten

lots of new books to add to your TBR, and we would love to hear

what you're reading this summer, so you can come join the

conversation in our Teacher Approve Facebook group.

Now for our Teacher Approved Tip of the Week, where

we share an actionable tip to help you elevate what matters,

and simplify the rest. This week's teacher-approved tip is

plan a summer reading celebration. What do you got,

Heidi?

Well, the idea for this comes from one of our favorite

Christmas traditions, which is the Jolabokaflod, and that is

the Icelandic tradition of exchanging books on Christmas

Eve, and then spending the night reading and eating chocolate.

Really, it is a highlight for us, and we've adapted it to

where we usually do it on December 23 because 24th is

crazy for us. But we eat lunch, and then we just spend the

afternoon reading for as long as the kids will stay focused.

Which last year was pretty long.

Yeah, they, they're getting bigger.

They're getting bigger, they liked their new books.

Yeah, that helps, but I think this idea could adapt

really well to summer. Maybe you let everyone pick out a new book

at the library or the bookstore, and you grab some snacks, and

then you can just go home, and everyone enjoys a relaxing

afternoon or evening of reading in the air conditioning. It's

too hot to be outside.

Yeah, so when it's too hot, then you can make being

inside extra special. It's an event. And guess what? National

Book Lovers Day is august 9, so that would be the perfect day to

do this.

There you go, it's all set up.

All right, to wrap up the show, we're sharing what we're giving

extra credit to this week. Emily, what gets your extra

credit?

Well, to stay on theme, I'm giving extra credit to my

Kindle stand. So we've already given extra credit to our Kindle

page turner remotes that we both got from our mom a while back.

Well, the Kindle stand takes the remote to the next level. Mine

has a base that sits on the floor, and then a stand with an

adjustable arm, so I can arrange it to hold my Kindle over my bed

while I'm so cozy under my covers, and I can just click the

remote to turn the pages, and I don't have to take my arm out of

the warm blanket to tap the screen. It is for sure

ridiculous, but neither the stand or the remote are

particularly expensive, but they make the Kindle reading

experience so much better. And also, the stand will hold other

things like your phone and things like that, so it's not

only for a Kindle.

And what I like, I mean, this actually is a practical

tool, because we both have arthritis in our hands, like the

old ladies we are, and you would think, like holding a book or

holding a Kindle, actually really hurts after a while, so

this is just a way to make that easier, and you get to stay snug

and cozy, so that's another bonus.

Yes, you can choose to be lazy even if you don't have

arthritis. What are you giving extra credit to, Heidi?

Well, my extra credit goes to the Reading Journey app.

I just downloaded this.

Okay, good. Now, I don't like Goodreads. I kind of was on

there years ago, but I just, I don't like it. Because probably

because there's just too many people I don't want to have to

show my reading to other people.

Yes.

So I really haven't seriously tracked my reading,

but I've noticed it because most of my reading is either ebooks

or audiobooks. Without the cover, I'm really having a hard

time remembering which books I have read, because you just

don't have that visual reminder. So last year I decided I need to

start keeping track of what I read, and so I bought this cozy

little Google sheet library that builds little libraries. You

like every time you finish a book, it adds a little book to

the your library, which I love for that to be an app, because I

didn't find it easy to use on my phone.

So this year I set out on a quest to find a good reading

tracking app. I've been trying out four different ones, and of

the four, Reading Journey is by far my favorite. It has a really

nice interface, it's easy to navigate, and I will put a link

into the show notes if you want to see it. I don't know if it's

available on Android, I have it for iPhone, but it's worth

checking out. It doesn't have some of the bells and whistles

that some of the other apps do, but I am using the free version,

so maybe there's more in the paid. And then of the other apps

I'm trying, Fable is probably my second favorite. It has a nice

interface, but it does seem more geared toward connecting you

with people. I don't really care what anyone else is reading, and

I don't want anyone else to see what I'm reading. Make it sound

like I'm reading salacious novels. I just don't want to

have to explain it.

Yes.

And then the two that I have not enjoyed are Bookmory

and Story Graph. I found them both kind of hard to navigate.

Bookmory actually pops up with ads because I'm using the free

version.

Yeah, I didn't like Bookmory either.

No, and I have logged, I think, 25 books now in all of

these apps, and every single time Bookmory makes me like so

frustrated because I can't figure it out, like I can get it

uploaded, I can't get the thing to work, I can't get the rating

on it, just, yeah, so don't like that. And StoryGraph is fine,

but it's kind of hard to navigate, and it's not very

pretty.

I like all the data you get from Story Graph, that's

what it's good for, but I feel like a lot of the other things,

it's not really good for that, so.

Yeah, and I do find it tricky in Story Graph, if I want

to see, like, all of the books I've read so far this year,

surprisingly hard to find. I can see the genres and all the pages

and everything, but yeah, so that's Heidi's recommendations.

What I liked about Reading Journey is the cute

widget you can get on your screen that has like a bookshelf

that shows what you're reading. Did you know you can do that?

No!

Yes, so it like puts a little like rectangular

bookshelf onto your screen, and then it has what you're

currently reading on the bookshelf.

Oh, that's really fun.

So, I'll show you how to do it.

Okay, yeah. I look forward to that. Trying to

decide if I want to get the upgrade. I missed the days where

you could buy an app and just own it instead of having to pay

for it every single year.

Yeah.

So that's my hang up with that one.

Well, that is it for today's episode. Thank you for coming

with us on this ride and this experiment. Hopefully, we've got

some new ideas for books that you can put on hold at the

library, so you can enjoy reading all summer long.

And don't forget to add our book, Structure and Spark,

to your list.

We hope you enjoyed this episode of Teacher Approved. I'm

Heidi.

And I'm Emily. Thank you for listening. Be sure to follow

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Bye for now.

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