Unplanned Wonder: Writing Güero
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 title, They Call Me Güero, which is a Pura Belpré [...]
Can Goofy Books Make a Difference?: Guest Post by CeCe Bell
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 reader in the format of a graphic novel. CeCe Bell is [...]
Summer Reading: New Nonfiction Series Books
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Maker Specialist at Mackin These are the dog days of summer and it’s becoming more difficult to get my kids interested in reading. In [...]
On Fear and Author Visits: A Guest Post by S.J. Kincaid
We love hearing about authors in schools. It is always so exciting to hear about kids getting excited to meet the people behind the books and about the general enthusiasm for reading that follows [...]
50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing Celebrated Through Books
Recently, my dad asked me “Katy, where were you when the U.S. landed on the moon?” I laughed out loud, reminding him I wasn’t born … yet. I was born just a few months after we landed on the moon, [...]
Foster Care and Adoption
As May draws to a close, we are wrapping up National Foster Care Month! There are over 442,000 children in the foster care system in America1. The kids in foster care range from newborns to older [...]
Following the Wildebeest: Guest Post by Sy Montgomery
We are excited to welcome Sy Montgomery as our guest author today. For her most recent book, The Magnificent Migration : On Safari with Africa’s Last Great Herds, she actually traveled to Africa [...]
Social Emotional Learning: Mental Health Awareness Month #4Mind4Body
May is national Mental Health Awareness Month and subsequently Social Emotional Learning, or SEL, is making a revival in educational trends. Kristen Fuller, M.D. with Psychology Today highlights [...]
