A Year of Reading

We got tagged by A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy for BlogDay 2006. It sounds like fun, so here goes: Happy BlogDay 2006! Here's how...

There seems to be more going on with the Summer Reading Requirements this summer. I read at Fuse #8 about a school district that suspended...

It was in a box labeled "School--Treasures." Inside was the snake skin and snake eggs (hatched, thankfully), the star fish, the s...

I just found 2 great, brand-new, nonfiction picture books! The first one is a great one about estimation. It is called GREAT ESTIMATIONS (...

As I was getting the classroom ready for school, I came across one of my favorite poetry books and had to reread some of the poems. The play...

I just found Rick Riordan's post about his son's summer reading requirement thanks to Jen Robinson . Rick really focused on the Ne...

While gigantic foundations raise millions of dollars to eradicate breast cancer, and pink ribbons become so ubiquitous that they no longer r...

Okay, so if anyone asks me how I spent my summer, I guess I have to say "buying books". I have picked up more than I realized ov...

Forgetfulness by Billy Collins The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking con...

All similarities end with twin and author. Jennifer Roy thought she would be a pediatrician when she grew up. She became a teacher and the...