A Year of Reading

The Stone Girl's Story by Sarah Beth Durst Clarion Books, 2018 Mayka's father was a stone mason. He brought her to life by ...

I have LOVED being on the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Committee for the past three years.  I have loved reading with the lens of the Charlott...

I always thought I was doing an adequate job building a diverse classroom library. Then A Fine Dessert and A Birthday Cake for George Wa...

I believe in the power of series books. I believe in the power of graphic novels. Here are three next-in-the-series graphic nov...

I have a subscription to The Horn Book Magazine and it is one of my favorite things.  I spend a couple of hours reading each issue. No matt...

Here's what's in MY to-read stack!

I am looking ahead to spring break reading and am hoping to get to lots of books on my stack. There have been so many great middle grade n...

I have been having lots of conversations with students about thinking ahead as readers.  My stack of to-be-read titles never ends. And that ...