A Year of Reading

In our quest to list 100 Cool Teachers in Children's Literature, we are up to 84. Check the sidebar for the teachers who've been n...

I love Roger Housden's book TEN POEMS TO LAST A LIFETIME . I like the whole idea of it. In the introduction, he writes, "What is...

Did anyone else see this article about a Texas teacher who has been suspended because her students saw nude art on an approved museum field...

A previously unpublished poem by Robert Frost has been found! The poem, entitled "War Thoughts At Home" was found handwritten in...

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...