Carter Higgins: Kids Deserve Great Stories and Art
Reading Without Words: Guest Post by Logan S. Kline
When we read, we connect with others without the fear of rejection. Every page is promised to us; it is in our hand, waiting. When we ‘read’ without words, we are left to infer, and to infer [...]
Gordon Korman: Time-Traveling with a Middle Grade Favorite
Confessions of a Classroom Teacher: Guest Post by David LaRochelle
At the end of my final day as a fourth-grade teacher, I stood in my empty classroom and sobbed. The official line was that I was leaving teaching midway through my fifth year so that I could [...]
Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, & Dawud Anyabwile Raising a Fist for Justice
Isabelle Marinov and Deborah Marcero: Reaching for the Stars
On Becoming a Reader and Writer: Guest Post by Debbi Michiko Florence
My parents were the first people in my life who sparked a love for books and reading. My dad read to me when I was a child, and my mom would take me and my sister to the library regularly, [...]