A Year of Reading

So 2017 was not my best reading year. I set my Goodreads Reading Challenge at 200--same as last year but a a low number for me. I knew t...

I just went to see Wonder, the movie. So good. I read the book as an ARC years ago and loved it immediately. We just finished reading it a...

I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Elly Swartz's upcoming book, Smart Cookie . First of all, it is almost never that I get to read a...

I wrote the post , but I didn't pick the winners...READERS did! Congratulations to all of the winners, and the rest of you -- hold o...

Because what good are you as a teacher of reading if you don't occasionally read the books your students are most excited about? ...

solstice sunset -- skeletal sycamore backlit by autumn ©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017 Happy Solstice! Welcome back, Kachinas ,...

Horses (Updated Edition) by Seymour Simon HarperCollins, 2017 Water by Seymour Simon HarperCollins, 2017 "Simon may h...

Dream Big Dreams: Photographs from Barack Obama's Inspiring and Historic Presidency by Pete Souza Little, Brown Books for Young Rea...

Unsplash photo by Tim Marshall My heart is so full. This Poetry Friday community is a wonder of the modern world. We've been at th...

This is one of my favorite #haikuforhealing for the week, and I thought it would make a perfect visual for our Tumblr Roundup Host, Lis...