Libraries Matter

Today I'm hosting a webcast , sponsored by LJ and SLJ, on what public librarians need to know about common core state standards. Since...

I was recently asked about a common testing conundrum. It's also a reading conundrum. What does a kid read when his ability level is h...

So where do I write when I'm not posting here? I'm posting on JLG- Shelf Life . As part of my new JLG job, we decided that to be t...

  Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage . How could you not pick up a book with a cover like this? Then you read the first sentence- "...

Have you ever heard birds outside your window and wondered what they're saying? Maybe you've been at the zoo and seen some dancing...

Happy 100th birthday, Julia Child. Changing the way we cook, the way we eat and the way we think about food, Julia Child made a difference i...

 Using beautiful watercolor illustrations (they aren’t photographs?!), Sylvia Long illustrates Dianna Hutts Aston’s text in the award-...