A Year of Reading

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on July 3, 1860 The Socialist and the Suffragist by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Said the Socialist to ...

Just a quick post this week to invite you to this webinar . You do not have to be a member of NCTE to take part! Join the National Coun...

foggy view of the sheep farm by our school It was foggy yesterday. On my early morning walk, I considered ways to describe fog. Non...

This  gapingvoid  graphic. This podcast review of Auld Lang Syne by John Green, for all the AKR fans out there. (Grab a hankie befor...

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 ...