SILVER PACKAGES: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet, is a picture book I look forward to sharing with my class each year. For one thing, it’s a wonderfully tender story written by one of my favorite authors. For another, it’s one of those books that I can’t read aloud [...]
Read full post...Thanks to my librarian friends Cheryl and Meredith for sharing this on Facebook:
YouTube – Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan.
One of my first recollections of hearing poetry as a child was the voice of Sterling Holloway reciting Mother Goose Nursery rhymes on an LP that spun away in the living room while I was sick in bed with the mumps!
While my sister and I spent the days recouping from the comfort of our parent’s [...]
Read full post...The other day my school librarian passed along the link to James Patterson’s terrific website. Have you seen it?
It features a great selection of books under four categories: “Great Illustrated Books,” “Great Transitional Books,” “Great Pageturners,” and “Great Advanced Reads.”
Under these four categories, are tabs with subgroups. For example, under “Great Illustrated Reads” are: [...]
I've lived and traveled around the world, but now make my home in California.
By day, I teach; evenings and many weekends, I write.
My teaching, reading, and writing eventually led to a degree in Language and Literacy, and later, an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.