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We are delighted to welcome David Bowles to the Mackin Community blog today. David is the author of the Garza Twins series and his most recent [...]

When teaching Spanish, the goal of the teacher is to create an environment that allows the students to interact with the language through [...]

by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Maker Specialist at Mackin There’s an old saying: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” [...]

Her ears were buzzing. Her knees were buckling. Her mouth was babbling. Author Meg Medina remembers that much about the morning she received [...]

When I was a first-year teacher of second graders, I was very fortunate to receive my mother’s classroom book collection when she transitioned to [...]

It is nearly August, and I’m wondering where the summer has gone! You may have noticed that I’ve been struggling to get out blog [...]

Thanks for checking out my #MakerspacesAtoZ blog series.  In case you missed it, you can catch my previous posts here: A:  Aspirational [...]

“Tell me and I forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand.” You have likely heard this interpretation of a Chinese [...]

“Being a published author is something I wanted since I was a kid,” shares award-winning author Alan Gratz. However, it took the birth of his own [...]

We are excited to welcome CeCe Bell to the Mackin Community blog today. Her newest book, Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot, is a silly beginning [...]