A Year of Reading

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In the middle of the week, we break from our regular word study routines for Word Game Wednesday. Over the course of many years, I have c...

Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is not path and leave a trail.   ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Word Game Wed...

During the first week of the school year, I read the book Animal Soup asking my kids if they liked words. They seemed confused. "What ...

Last summer, Take Away the A by Michael Escoffier was my fun new Word Study book for the year. I wasn't the only one who got jazzed up...

Take Away the A by Michaël Escoffier (author of Brief Thief , Me First! and The Day I Lost My Superpowers ) illustrated by Kris Di ...

Advice to Little Girls by Mark Twain illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky Enchanted Lion Books, 2013 review copy provided by the publish...

I know, I know. #pb10for10 was on August 10th. But what if I want to add two more books to my list? Books that the UPS guy just delivered...

Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant by April Pulley Sayre Beach Lane Books, 2012 I said it last year when I reviewed Rah, Rah, Radish...

I was thrilled to receive a review copy of WUMBERS from Chronicle Books. I am a huge Amy Krouse Rosenthal fan and love the fun that she ...

I was determined not to buy a book last week when I popped into a bookstore before meeting a friend for dinner. But I could not resist addin...

We notice words and talk about words (and, of course, "use our words") all day every day . But on Wednesday, we set aside our regu...