January is for Jane Yolen
Last fall I made myself a list of monthly blog topics, with the idea of keeping to a theme, to…
Paper Art
As a kid, I loved pop-up books. As I’ve grown up, so has the industry, with artists now being called…
Fred Rogers: Helping Children Deal with Tragedy
We don’t have cable TV at our house. This is a deliberate choice, both due to the financial aspect and…
Robert Frost: Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Illustrated by Susan Jeffers, copyright 1978
I love this poem. I love libraries. Both offer up surprises on a regular basis.I picked up Stopping by Woods…
Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer, Illustrated by Josee Masse copyright 2010
Inventing new poetic forms isn’t for the faint of heart or the stupid. Fortunately, author Marilyn Singer is both brave…
Art & Fear by David Bayles & Ted Orland copyright 2001
I was leaving on a trip. The books I’d ordered hadn’t come in yet. I turned to my bookshelves, seeking…
Reading Aloud to Kids
Interesting article highlights research on reading aloud. Via Reading Rockets. … Copyright Keri Collins Lewis 2005-2014. All rights reserved.
The Tea Shop Girls by Laura Shaefer copyright 2009
I often get asked about books for kids who are young but are precocious readers. Laura Schaefer’s The TeaShop Girls…
Strega Nona’s Harvest by Tomie de Paola, copyright 2009
Before we moved to Mayhew (in the Black Prairie, with its crazy soils), we had a big garden. The first…
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger copyright 2010
Sixth grade boys are weird, but none so strange as Dwight. His neighbor, Sarah, has observed him dig large holes…
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