Oh my word! What a start to the year! Here's what stuck out to me from the JANUARY 2019 picture book releases that crossed my desk. I...

Challenging the ordinary through storytelling is a surefire way to hook readers. Take a familiar tale and tell it from a new perspective....

Understanding our feelings and the feelings of other builds empathy and sensitivity, helping to make us a more supportive, more...

Oh my word! What a start to the year! Here's what stuck out to me from the JANUARY 2019 picture book releases that crossed my desk. I...

When we learn about others' lives their experiences can help shape our own perspectives on the world. When we read about different...

Happy New Year! I'm so excited to continue to share favorites from small and independent presses as we start into the new year. This week...

Happy new year! This Picture Book Recap series was something new I tried in 2018 as a means of staying on top of my TBR pile as well as...

It's the return of the Sleeper Hits list! If there's anything consistent about the kidlit community it's that you can bet that social...

Okay, so.... apparently October is a big month for book releases I read double or triple what I normally read in order to make the...

This week I thought I'd intentionally focus on nonfiction titles. I found three biographies featuring individuals I have never heard of...

Woah! Some seriously outstanding books are coming out this season. And just as I put finishing touches on this recap of my favorite...

A fable. A celebration. A ukulele. And the 14 standard punctuation marks (But not the interrobang‽). Here's what I've been crushing on...

School is off to an amazing start. Seriously, I don't know how I got so lucky to teach the students that I do. But as we're preparing to...

I've fallen behind on my reading and on my blogging, but not on my crushing. Here's what I've been crushing on this week from small,...

It's been a busy, wonderful summer break. We've traveled. We've been home bodies. We've explored our library. We've read mountains of...