A Year of Reading

LITANY by Billy Collins You are the bread and the knife, You are the bread and the knife, the crystal goblet and the wine. You are the dew o...

It's been a long time since we've received a nomination for a Cool Teacher to add to our list of 100+ Cool Teachers in Children'...

Every child should be able to find him or herself in books. We're doing better, but we're not there yet. Not anywhere near there. To...

I am lucky to teach at a school that is close to our the Dublin branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries. Early in the year, I met wit...

I am participating in Project 365 on Flickr this year. I'm not following the rules exactly, so even though I have "joined" the...

During the announcements of the ALA awards on Monday, I was pleased to know so many of the books on the lists. But I am finding that it is ...

Another reason I love Cover to Cover is that they had all of the ALA award-winning books on display at the store--right when you walk in the...

At least twice a week, one of the Kindergarten or first grade girls at school asks for a "princess book". That is what they look ...

Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog. James Thurber ...

I didn't even have to read THE ODD EGG by Emily Gravett or THE GREAT PAPER CAPER by Oliver Jeffers when Beth showed them to me at Cover ...