Episode 27: Teacher Gifts

March 27, 2023

In episode 27 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:

Teacher Gifts

In the last of our end-of-year gift-giving episodes, Megan and Allison are talking about teacher gifts. Plus, Allison has tips for helping kids deal with ‘writer’s block’ and Megan shares some beautiful insights into writing from Australian author Kate Gordon.

Books we mention

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Bookmail and TBR pile

‘Down The Road Little Bee’ by Sarah Jane Lightfoot

‘Alice’s Food A-Z’ by Alice Zaslavsky

‘Click’ by Kayla Miller

‘Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths’ by Maisie Chan. Illustrated by Anh Cao

‘Plume’ by Tania McCartney

‘Cricket, I Just Love it!’ By Alister Nicholson. Illustrated byTom Jellett

Teacher Gifts

Megan: Good educators can set the path for your child’s future; they inspire, empower and guide our children alongside parents and caregivers, and I personally, feel like they deserve an genuine thank you for what they do. The thanks does not need to be expensive, it just needs to be heartfelt. Teaching is exhausting and rewarding in equal measure and by the end of the school year most teachers barely crawl to the finish line, then they promptly get sick, recover and then spend much of their holidays planning for the following year.

Gifts which are Literary and Lovely by Megan Daley

Ruby Olive COLOUR as teacher gifts

Gorman homewares as teacher gifts

Keep Cups from Biome

Write the World notesbooks

Book Geek for Science and English teachers

YKNR merchandise, including our teacher librarian endorsed tote bag.

*Edited to add: ‘Teacher, Teacher: An Anthology About Inspirational Educators‘, edited by Megan Daley.

This episode of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast is sponsored by Book Geek