Daniel Jay Berg

Fam, Teach, Write, Trumpet

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

This is the kind of thing that gives me fond nostalgia vibes. 80s kid all the way!

[Classic G.I. Joe 🇺🇸 @ClassicGIJoe]

Where it all started. The 1982 card back, even before Cobra made an appearance.

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

@dankrutka Or . . . give Zoom presentation WHILE teaching class!

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

@bobservo This is how all my kids (and cousins and friends and me) can play Smash Bros. together. Keep all those old Wii controllers!

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

THE BREAKFAST CLUB meets THE GOLDEN GIRLS (and GRUMPY OLD MEN).

In the 1990s, four high school seniors work community service at small-town senior center. Both age groups learn they have a lot in common – hopes, fears, secrets, romance, life and death.

#PitMad #YA #epistolary

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

GOONIES x THE GOOD PLACE

Jack awakes in the literary afterlife, meeting fallen heroes (& villains) spanning time & genres.

Jack can’t remember his own story, but he knows he’s not dead. With help from new friends, he’ll find his way home – or die trying.

#PitMad #MG #SPF #AD

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

Neat idea and an enriching experience for everyone to seek meaning and secrets of their names!

[Susie Sawyer @SusieSawyer]

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

An interactive ABC book encouraging search and discovery of hidden words and familiar objects within our own names. What’s in YOUR name?
#PitMad #PB

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

I'd put this book on my "to-read" list!

[Mike R @rainmkr1924]

Comic book nerd Bard just discovered his characters are real. Now, his summer romance w/ best friend Dayna is on hold while they fight supervillains and washed up writers to save the world they helped create. Stranger Things x Kavalier & Clay. #PitMad #YA #SH

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

Holly Sloan Goldberg’s SHORT x Gary Paulsen’s HARRIS & ME

14-yo Dustin not only learns community theater showbiz doing the “The Sound of Music,” but also how to be a big brother to 5 precocious stage sisters and 1 “little brother” who may be criminally insane.

#YA #Con #PitMad

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

TUESDAYS W/ MORIE x BREAKFAST CLUB

In the twilight of the 20th century, high school seniors work with nursing home residents in their twilight years. Both age groups live on the cusp of momentous change, and both learn how to live out their days with purpose.

#PitMad #YA #1990s

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

Smoking nuns, singing Nazis, & summer love?

After joining a "Sound of Music" community show, 14-yo Dustin must survive grueling rehearsals, backstage pranks, hazardous improv, & a love triangle or two.

Holly Sloan Goldberg’s SHORT x Gary Paulsen’s HARRIS & ME

#YA #Con #PitMad

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

@cindygreene314 Sounds like a fun and special story (and I'm not just saying that because I lived in Ames, IA, for 3 years!)

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

GOONIES x THE GOOD PLACE

Jack visits the literary afterlife where tragic characters go after dying. But Jack’s not dead, and must escape before he’s stuck in limbo forever. With help from his new “tearjerker” friends, he’ll find his way home-–or die trying.

#PitMad #MG #SPF #AD

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

#PitMad

THE BREAKFAST CLUB x THE GOLDEN GIRLS (& GRUMPY OLD MEN).

Teens & senior citizens share misadventures (& life lessons) in small-town old folks’ home.

Drug busts, bingo riots, holiday dysfunction, first kisses, final goodbyes, & more.

#YA #CON #Epistolary

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

Sounds like a powerful and important story . . .

[Pete Fanning @fatherknwslttle]

After tensions spill from the bleachers and a brawl on the the football field leaves one person dead, two players from opposing sides are left trying to figure out a way to navigate a small town's racial divide. #PitMad #ya

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

Holly Sloan Goldberg’s SHORT meets Gary Paulsen’s HARRIS & ME

14-yo Dustin reluctantly joins "Sound of Music" community theater & learns how to survive 5 precocious “sisters,” 1 delinquent “little brother,” a clique of unholy teenage nuns, and too-real Nazis.

#YA #Con #PitMad

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

GRAVEYARD BOOK x LAND OF STORIES

When Jack arrives in the literary afterlife, he meets dead characters from all sorts of books—fantasy, historical, animals, and more.

But Jack didn’t die, and needs help from his new friends to get home—wherever that is.

#PitMad #MG #SPF #AD

[Daniel Jay Berg @danieljayberg]

This latest article I've written for #NSTA is one of my favorites, since it challenges teachers (including me) to watch out for "classroom spoilers" that can ruin the learning experience for kids. (#SPOILER ALERT - Most apply to all classrooms!) https://t.co/QaHU0XgEzK

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@bobservo @retronauts Three Stooges (NES) and other odd licensed games.

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No Hot Dog in sight. It's official.

[shmeegs @mcgerdie]

Had to share 🥪

[shmeegs @mcgerdie]

Had to share 🥪