How will you discuss Banned Books Week (BBW) this year? It’s easy to find ideas for displays and activities for libraries. The problem is that most of them are too general or would be difficult to use in the writing…
Category: Children’s/YA Lit
6 News Stories to Connect to Orwell’s 1984
Big brother really is watching you. Today we accept a certain amount of oversight by government and business as a part of daily life. Students know about all the surveillance cameras that follow them as they move about in the…
10 Things You’ll Want To Read This Summer
Whether summer means time to read for fun or to prepare for teaching in the Fall, I bet you’re beginning to gather that reading list. You probably know where to find details on the year’s award-winning children’s and teen books.…
Poem 3: Green Eggs and Ham
Weren’t expecting this one next, were you? I confessed my love for Dr. Seuss a couple of years ago, so I may as well admit that Green Eggs and Ham is one of my favorite poems. How can you look at these…
11/23 Journal
Cleanapalooza is 90% over. The living room is inhabitable again, and there’s enough space in the kitchen to cook. Spent the afternoon in Salem, with my mom, sister, and niece. Mom had an eye doctor’s appointment, and we went along…
Musing on Martin’s Big Words
got loads of cleaning and organizing done, though no real writing. looking for some kind of small magnetic board for the office, but all i seem able to find are big magnetic white boards. not exactly the ideal solution have…