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...

ABOUT OUR BOOK CLUB Y'all, it's no secret that I love the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club. If you've never participated, these...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST Chris Barton is a gem, y'all. Even though we have never met, chatting with him for this week's episode felt like...

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...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST This week's episode of The Reader's Heart is so special to me. I've known Corinna Luyken for a few years now,...

ABOUT OUR BOOK CLUB Y'all, it's no secret that I love the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club. If you've never participated, these...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST One of the things I love most about The Reader's Heart is being able to hear authors and illustrators share the...

I think my love of science fiction began with All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, it was easy to...

BOOK CLUB MICRO-COLLECTIONS The story of these bookmarks begins with the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club. If you've never...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST Like a lot of library and kidlit folk, each year I try (and fail) to predict which books will win a coveted ALA...

First, let me just say this: gosh, I wish the middle schools I attended had offered fencing as an athletic option! Alas, I can only...

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST There's meme about reading that you may have seen on the internet. The image varies, but the text always reads,...

This weekend, I'm presenting at the Washington State Library Association conference in Spokane, WA. For my friends who aren't from...