A Year of Reading

I love the variety of ABC books being published these days.  One of my new favorites is AN ANNOYING ABC by Barbara Bottner.  This abc book ...

September... It starts with the Arts Festival, jumps into school with both feet, and ends with the Casting for Recovery retreat. Beehive...

It's CYBILS time!! This is the SIXTH year for the CYBILS, and they keep getting better. There are new eligibility rules , and a new ...

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 ...

Autumn by Linda Pastan I want to mention summer ending without meaning the death of somebody loved or even the death of the trees....

Dumbstruck by Karla Oceanak illustrated by Kendra Spanjer Bailiwick Press, 2011 Review copy provided by the publisher There&...

I bought far too many books at Cover to Cover last week. One of my favorite new finds was FRUIT CAKE . Sally showed it to me and I knew I ha...

Several great new books are being released this week and next. This year, I have been getting some review copies and ARCs or I've heard ...

“Hope” is the thing with feathers BY EMILY DICKINSON “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune...

For the first month of school, I have struggled to recommend books to my new students. I've done a much better job reaching forward to t...