A Year of Reading

Kimberly Willis Holt was at our favorite children's bookstore--Cover to Cover--last Saturday. I have heard her speak before and I alwa...

I found this poem for Jody Scott once, long ago. Her sticky note of thanks is still in the book by the poem. I love rediscovering that not...

I just picked up a copy of BABYMOUSE: ROCK STAR today. I am very excited that this new addition to the series is out. I plan to read it t...

Franki sent me a link from Outside of a Cat about Banned Books week... ...there it was, number 98 on the list of 100 Most Frequently Chall...

I don't know if any of you have seen the report done on Reading First. But here is the link to the New York Times article about it this...

School has taken over my life, so this poem has particular resonance: ONCE AGAIN I FAIL TO READ AN IMPORTANT NOVEL by George Bilgere Instead...

I found a fun, new poetry book that I thought I'd share. It is called DON'T FORGET YOUR ETIQUETTE! THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO MISBEHAV...

Every New Yorker article turned into haiku. Amazing . Excessive, in a minimalist sort of way.

Top 5 2006 Series Books For Struggling Readers in Upper Elementary NIGHT OF THE NEW MAGICIANS by Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House Series)...

A group of my students are reading COUNTING ON GRACE by Elizabeth Winthrop. I am reading GOSSAMER by Lois Lowry for our read aloud. The g...