Y'all, I've updated my review of this book to share that Lisa Fipps will be joining me (and all of you!) for the Bookelicious Middle...

I cried the day I met Ann Braden, y'all. After several online conversations, Ann and I finally met in person in the vendor hall of AASL...

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Confession time: the first few episodes of The Reader's Heart were recorded in Zoom. A newbie podcasters, I figured using Zoom would just...

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Every Time You Hear That Song is not about Dolly Parton. And yet, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that its loose connection to the country...

When I was in the 7th grade, I was suspended for demanding that my classmates and I be allowed to sing People are People by Depeche Mode...

Y'all, I'm updating my review of this book to share that Erin Entrada Kelly will join me (to chat about The First State of Being!) on May...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST I've loved every episode of The Reader's Heart, but this one is special for several reasons. First, I've known...

Just for fun, I’ve started creating monthly reading challenges for readers of all ages. I decided to make each month's free download both...

I'm not sure when I first became aware of the BOCES system in New York state, but every year, for the last several, I've traveled to the...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST Ami Polonsky is the first (but not the last!) guest on The Reader's Heart who is both a classroom teacher AND an...

I arrived in Albany, New York last week to begin 10 days of working with educators across The Empire State. The last time I was here, I...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST: Back in August, Chrystal D Giles agreed to be my guest for the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club when we read...

How It Started... You may have noticed the #peanutslibrarians hashtag on Twitter recently. I am not sure who first used the Microsoft...

I vividly remember the first book by Adam Gidwitz I ever read, in part because it was sent to me by a former student. I was an English...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST Chris Baron is one of the few people I've interviewed for The Reader's Heart (so far!) who I didn't already know...