I hesitate to declare that 2020 has been a good year in any capacity, but it really and truly has been a wonderful year for books! All...

Talking about the books we're reading is a powerful practice...and sharing the characters we love sends positive ripples into the reading...

UPDATE: This post has been updated to include the 2020 "iYMA Awards." --------- In her beautiful, smart and funny book Why You Should...

With a nod to the great Doug Johnson, from time to time, I'll be using this space to revise an old post. Today's BFTP (Blast From The...

Update: Although originally published on 11/1/2015, I've updated this post to refresh some broken links and also to include a few...

I'm finding it very difficult not to think about my mother right now. She died almost four years ago. But when she was alive, we had a...

One of my heroes, Doug Johnson, includes a "Blast From The Past" post on his blog each week. As Doug describes it: "A weekend Blue Skunk...

Confession time! I'm ashamed to admit it, but I tried to talk Brad out of doing the #30secondbooktalk this year. Before you judge me too...

Every semester I ask the students in my Young Adult Literature course to share five "Deserted Island Books" - that is to say, five books...

In February 2020, the World Health Organization warned that the COVID-19 pandemic was also resulting in an INFOdemic: a term they defined...

To be clear, I've been thinking of leaving Facebook for awhile now. The idea of abandoning the personal/professional network I'd been...

Every Sunday in December, I posted a list featuring eight of my favorite books of 2019. I sorted those lists into five categories:...

Unlike a lot of readers I know, I do not set volume related reading goals each year. While I don’t fault others who are motivated by...

My friend Donalyn Miller sometimes shares posts on social media that she begins or tags with a warning to readers, alerting them to the...

I'm spending this week in Florida with school librarians from (just about) every corner of the state. I started my week in Pensacola and...

A long time ago, a well meaning (and very well known) educator, who I admired greatly, told me I should never, ever take a stand on...

It was only a few days after the Covington HS incident (in which students on a field trip, wearing red MAGA hats, were captured on video...

The power of story is that it connects us. Labeling some stories as having more value than others only pulls us farther apart.

We’re back!! That’s right! It’s time for round one of the 4th annual #30secondbooktalk Challenge! We’ve gathered the best of the best: 16...

I want to start by saying that this isn't a post about semantics. In my experience, a lot of people use the terms (or hashtags) student...