Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the public library in Hicksville, New York, where I grew up in the years when librarians were revered and where their domains were quiet and benign [...]
One of my greatest joys is getting students excited about reading and writing. As a child, I loved to do both. Starting in first grade, I wrote poems in a marble composition book, and if I wasn’t [...]
Once upon a time… Or, in the world of Alliana, Girl of Dragons, since it has a strong Japanese influence: mukashi, mukashi… Stories begin in interesting ways. For me, it often occurs as a flash [...]
