A Lesson in Teacher Efficacy from a Rock Loving Three-Year-Old
Recently waiting in a security line at the airport, between consulting opportunities with two districts in two states, I noticed a young couple and their two children behind me, both boys under [...]
Favorite Adult Titles for Summer Reading
This post contains suggestions for adult readers, especially librarians and teachers who might have more time to read in the summer than during the school year. It also, provides recommendations [...]
Building the Fire Within: Author Catherine Thimmesh Makes Children’s Nonfiction Non-boring
“I didn’t want to be an author when I grew up,” admits award-winning author Catherine Thimmesh, “I never even knew it was an option.” As a child, Thimmesh loved to write. There were no [...]
Library Transformation
The Lost Art of the Letter: Guest Post by Sheila O’Connor
Few of us Books in Bloom bloggers remember the good old days of receiving letters—though this blogger, in particular, does not have as many warm memories of actually writing those letters! I [...]