A Year of Reading

Glad sight wherever new with old by William Wordsworth Glad sight wherever new with old Is joined through some dear homeborn ti...

I love the story our classroom charts tell at this time of year.  I looked around the room today and loved looking at the evidence of the...

Today, Lois Lowry's book Son will be released--the finale to THE GIVER series. I had no idea Lowry had plans to do this but, was so...

Beginning today, you can nominate your ONE favorite book in each of the genres: Book Apps Easy Reader/Short Chapter Books Fantasy and...

September always begins with the Upper Arlington Arts Festival. The blown glass tree and the grilled cheese sandwiches from my favorite f...

Katherine at Read, Write, Reflect asked me to do an interview after reading my new book THE JOY OF PLANNING.  I agreed, of course!   The int...

National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar! edited by J. Patrick Lewis, U.S. ...

Bully by Patricia Polacco G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2012 Bullying is a problem that is not going to take care of itself. We need to ...

I love Rebecca Kai Dotlich so I pick up every book she writes. I fell in love with Bella and Bean the minute I read it and it is still on...

I wrote a post for the Stenhouse blog on the changes in the way I share my life as a writer with students. If you are interested in reading ...