A Year of Reading

" God Bless the Grass " has been a favorite folksong of mine for many years. Recently, I got curious to know if Pete Seger ...

Did you ever feel like the Universe was speaking directly to you via your seemingly random book choices? Here's a run of recent middle ...

Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King Arthur A. Levine Books, January 2017 review copy from the public library Obe Devlin is watc...

THE FOURTH SIGN OF THE ZODIAC (PART 3) by Mary Oliver (in Blue Horses) I know, you never intended to be in this world. But you’re...

2017 NCTE Children's Literature Assembly  Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts Award Books  (2016 Copyright) 27 ...

I don't have much time to read YA fiction but it is my favorite kind of reading. Recently, I've read 2 YA novels that are must-rea...

http://www.whoisamy.com As many of you, we were heartbroken when we read Amy Krouse Rosenthal's piece in the New York Times las...

That's me down in the bottom right corner of the graphic, surrounded by and supported by love and helpfulness. Here are a couple o...

The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff Philomel, May 16, 2017 review ARC received at ALA When I reviewed this book on GoodReads, I ga...

This is one of a series of blog posts that continue the conversation around  Still Learning to Read --Teaching Reading to Students i...