Find out which awesome educators will don #leadlearners jerseys this year and which outstanding booktalkers will ONCE AGAIN be a part of...

I've written before about how I'm absolutely obsessed with Colby Sharp's #BestPartofMyDay videos. I'm over the moon in love with these...

Quick quiz: When you read a great book, do you find yourself unable to contain your excitement? Do your “booktalks” inspire the masses to...

One of my favorite questions to ask educators is... "so, what are you reading?" Whether I'm visiting a school, working with a group of...

Last year, I became slightly obsessed with Colby Sharp's #BestPartOfMyDay videos. And I shared them at almost every conference and/or...

Note: This post was co-written with my friend Todd Nesloney, who is both the principal at Webb Elementary School in Navasota, TX and the...

On  11/10/2016,  Donalyn Miller posted the following on Facebook: Since then, as promised, Donalyn has used Facebook as a platform to...

At this time of year, many teacher librarians are working to compile an annual report: that is to say a 2-3 page summary of how their...

Like a lot of travelers, I found myself stranded in a place far away from home last week, due to weather delays that actually forced me...

This week I had the opportunity to work with two wonderful groups of school librarians in upstate NY. Over the last two years, I've spent...

I've been a fan of BreakoutEDU for going on two years now, using it as a professional development tool both in and outside of my...

Thank you, Scholastic, for originally publishing this post by me and Brad Gustafson on the Reader Leader Blog! Not only are we excited to...

My mother died in December. Typing those words seems strange, but not for what I would guess are the usual reasons. I miss my mother, but...

The World Championship of Book Talk videos started with 16 creative educators from several continents. They came together around a common...

Okay, y'all... let's do this thing! The World Championship of Book Talks started with 16 educators from several different continents....

It's been almost 8 years since I created my first digital flyer for this site. Ever since, every time I post one, I get questions about...

Let's be clear, there's no such thing as "alternative facts." The same fact can be used by different people to support alternative...

The wait is over! It's time to reveal the 16 book talks that make up ROUND ONE of the 2017 World Book Talk Championship! We had such a...

Last year Dr. Brad Gustafson and I co-hosted the World Championship of Book Talks. Many of you will remember that we started with a field...

This afternoon the librarians in my school district had the great privilege of (virtually) spending an hour with Donalyn Miller, talking...