A Year of Reading

Okay, so I am not a huge Madonna fan. I don't really pay attention to any of the gossip out there about Madonna. As a children's l...

As part of helping my students think about their own reading identities, I always invite adult readers (parents, grandparents, staff members...

Shannon Hale's books feature strong female characters. No surprise that I found this link at Sqeetus , her blog. Share this with all ...

Conference Comp Day Haiku Teachers' holiday: A one-day pause during the Fall frenzy of school.

Is "fun committees" an oxymoron? Not when the committees are for nominating or judging children's books for the newly conceiv...

Nina, over at Nina's Newbery , wants to know if GOSSAMER is or is not an adult book. Here's my two cents. I read GOSSAMER aloud to ...

Okay, so this is my very favorite story of the year. JEREMY FINK AND THE MEANING OF LIFE by Wendy Mass-- LOVED IT! I decided to read it a...

You thought The Excrement Poem was an oddly out-of-character poetry choice for the blog of elementary school teachers who are supposed to b...

The Excrement Poem: by Maxine Kumin It is done by us all, as God disposes, from the least cast of worm to what may have been in the case of ...

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...