The Teachers I Loved Best, Taylor Mali
The Teachers I Loved Best, Taylor Mali
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The Teachers I Loved Best

Author: Taylor Mali

Narrator: Taylor Mali

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2023

Synopsis

Educator and acclaimed poet Taylor Mali honors the magic of teachers and mentors in this joyful, energetic, uplifting gift audiobook.

Easy teachers who gave easy tests are not the teachers I loved the best....

Perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week and graduation, here is an inspirational, rhyming audiobook ode to the extra-special teachers we remember all those years later.

Children will love seeing themselves and their favorite teachers in scenes bursting with positivity, highlighting not just academics but sports, drama, art, music, and community. And teachers will appreciate seeing their honored profession depicted with love and gratitude.

Here is an audiobook that celebrates the commitment and diversity of the special people who mentor, lead, and inspire our children.

About The Author

TAYLOR MALI is a poet, an educator, a four-time National Poetry Slam champion, a TED "Best of the Web" speaker, and the author of What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World and the children's book The Teachers I Loved Best. He spent nine years in the classroom and now performs and lectures for teachers around the world, helping them share a love of poetry with their students. He has performed or taught poetry in forty-two countries and in every state of the U.S. (except Wyoming!). Taylor is the former president of Poetry Slam, Inc., the nonprofit organization that oversees all poetry slams in North America. Learn more about Taylor's work at taylormali.com, and follow him on Twitter at @TaylorMali and on Instagram at @taylor_mali.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Becky on May 22, 2023

The Teachers I Loved Best. Taylor Mali. Illustrated by Erica Root. 2023. [March] 32 pages. [Source: Review copy] First sentence: Easy teachers who gave easy tests are not the teachers I loved the best. No, I loved the teachers who made me work hard in the classroom, the science lab, the theater, and the......more

Goodreads review by Megan on December 12, 2023

I loved the premise of this! The first page is awesome: "Easy teachers who gave easy tests are not the teachers I loved the best." An ode to teachers, particularly those with high expectations. The illustrations are fabulous, this book does a very nice job being inclusive/showing a diverse population......more

Goodreads review by Brooke - TheBrookeList on November 07, 2023

Good concept of looking back on who our favorite teachers were and why. Illustrations are nice and show children learning in positive and optimistic ways. Nice tribute to some good teachers past. Read as a nomination in the 2023 Fiction Picture Book book award category as a panelist for Children's a......more

Goodreads review by Read on March 30, 2023

I like a book that celebrates teaching and teachers and Taylor Mali's poetically written picture book is a nod to teachers (and others) who challenge and encourage students. With a focus on those that made us work hard (maybe too much of a focus on that), Mali's text and Root's illustrations present......more

Goodreads review by SamSamSam on December 13, 2023

Rhymes were clunky but the sentiment was lovely and important.......more

Quotes

"The theme and the words will speak to parents and children remembering the best parts of their school experiences. . . . An ode to educators that will resonate with anyone who has had a memorable teacher." —Kirkus Reviews

"Mali crafts a love poem whose speaker fondly recalls the actions of encouraging, inspiring, and supportive educators.... [an] affectionate celebration of those reaching the profession’s ideals." —Publishers Weekly

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