This post has been a long time coming… Let’s just say life keeps getting in the way. I’m sure you know how that is. Especially…
If you’re a picture book aficionado, you’ve probably already seen Oge Mora’s award-winning debut Thank You, Omu! If you haven’t, be sure you check it…
Take 1: Summer vacation is winding down, and if you haven’t already found yourself back in a classroom, you probably will in the very near…
As a former Floridian, summer is in my blood. I love sunshine, and my husband says I wilt in the winter. So, like a sunflower,…
When my husband added “father” to his resume three years ago, I started the tradition of giving him a dad-related picture book each year on…
The two-year-old and I have been LOVING biographies these days. I don’t know if you realize this, but we live in a special time in…
Spring is springing, and I’m sure all of us are ready to seize the sunshine and get out of the house! What better time of…
Cluck-cluck! What luck! Today I have the privilege of giving you a sneak preview of Tammi Sauer’s latest punny picture book, A Little Chicken, which…
Long, long ago in a faraway place, I used Cynthia Rylant’s If You’ll Be My Valentine with second graders. And then, I started teaching older…
Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s 2019? Not long ago, a blizzard swept through Chicago, and in the morning, our front and back yards…