A Year of Reading

Anyone who knows me or reads this blog knows that I LOVED LOVED LOVED The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee from the minute it was publi...

I cannot be a bigger fan of Dictionary for a Better World by Irene Latham and Charles Waters .  WOW!  I was excited about this book when...

This is one of a series of blog posts that continue the conversation around Still Learning to Read --teaching reading to students in g...

I'll be rounding up "old school" this week.  Leave your links in the comments.  I'll add them to the post as t...

Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston illustrated by Victor Rivas Villa book design by Christian Fuenfhausen Penguin Group, 2008 review copy prov...

Knuckleheads by Joan Holub illustrated by Michael Slack Chronicle Books, 2008 review copy provided by the publisher This is a very punny boo...

Wish: Wishing Traditions Around the World by Roseanne Thong illustrated by Elisa Kleven Chronicle Books, 2008 review copy provided by the pu...

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter Harcourt, 2008 review copy provided by the publisher Carol said i...

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Hyperion, 2005 Review copy purchased for my classroom to replace the copy that is in tatters I'm gla...

I am in San Antonio attending the annual NCTE Convention . It is a GREAT convention and I am learning lots. I don't have time to write a...

The Snow Show: With Chef Kelvin by Carolyn Fisher Harcourt, 2008 review copy provided by the publisher Carolyn Fisher got the memo that scie...

How Fast Is It?  A Zippy Book All About Speed by Ben Hillman Scholastic, 2008 I bought it.  Had to have it. If you are a fan of How Big Is I...

Walking to School: A Story from Northern Ireland by Eve Bunting illustrated by Michael Dooling Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin), 2008 review...

A great new poetry anthology by Bill Martin is out. It is called THE BILL MARTIN JR. BIG BOOK OF POETRY. And it includes a forward by Eric ...

Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee illustrated by Drazen Kozjan Scholastic, 2008 review copy provided by the publisher ...

Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka Viking, 2008 Review copy purchased at CTC   I fi...

I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry Penguin, June 2008 review copy compliments of the publisher Squid is back with a paintb...

The Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas first published in Great Britain by Andersen Press Ltd., 2007 Farrar Straus Giroux, October, 2008 ...

Snow by Cynthia Rylant illustrated by Lauren Stringer Harcourt, November 2008 review copy provided by the publisher I'm not ready for th...

The Doghouse by Jan Thomas Harcourt Books, September 2008 review copy provided by the publisher Jan Thomas is my new favorite picture book a...