A Year of Reading

THANKS by W.S. Merwin This poem starts out easy, but it gets complicated real quick. Kind of like life. In her commentary, Tracy K. Sm...

I found this great article that reminded me about the power of short writing . SHORT writing seemed like just the thing for this past SHORT...

Teaching is hard. No, wait. Let me rephrase that. Raising up twenty-seven 10- and 11-year-olds to be kind, responsible citizens is hard...

Vermont, 2015 The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at th...

Here are two books that will inspire children to use their imaginations. What's Your Favorite Food? by Eric Carle and Friends He...

Unsplash photo by Joel Muniz Be kind to yourself.  Empty your bucket and then...  be kind to yourself. ©Mary Lee Hahn, 2019 ...

Thanku: Poems of Gratitude inspired my Thanku/Haiku-a-Day this month. I managed to get November 1-15 onto Twitter, and I'm back on ...

It's that time again. Six months have passed since last we queued up to host the Poetry Friday roundups. If you'd like to host...

Our current read aloud, INDIAN NO MORE, has given us lots to think about and discuss. INDIAN NO MORE is historical fiction. It tell...

2020 Huck Award Winner Click Here to view the Huck Honor and Recommended books. My review of Room on Our Rock is here . 2020 Orbi...