A Year of Reading

Faithful readers of A Year of Reading, thank you for your patience.  Report cards and final assessments are finished.  The library is invent...

This was a fun month for picture taking! Green is definitely the predominant hue, but there are bright splashes of color from Cinco de Mayo,...

The Mouthless Moth by X.J. Kennedy Who'd be a male Cecropia moth? Short-lived and frail, He's got no mouth. One hour till he f...

1. One group learned that it is more rewarding to watch a turtle make its way to the pond rather than poking it with a stick. 2. Many of th...

Even though I can never fully participate, I LOVE Mother Reader's 48 Hour Book Challenge . I love the whole idea of it and look forward ...

Registered for NCTE in Philly and got the hotel room locked in. Tried and tried and TRIED to find a way to participate in Mother Reader'...

I just received and watched my new DVD-- GETTING TO KNOW MO WILLEMS ! It is soooo good and it made me happy. I can't wait to share it w...

Billy & Milly Short & Silly by Eve Feldman illustrated by Tuesday Mourning G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009 review copy provided by the ...

TEACHER by Tracy Vaughn Zimmer from STEADY HANDS: POEMS ABOUT WORK Everyone knows the teacher's tasks: creating bulletin-board displays ...

How Weird Is It? by Ben Hillman Scholastic, 2009 Your students know and love Hillman's other three books (How Big Is It?, How Strong Is ...