Today, I’m beginning a little series on finding, reading, and using excellent books for women’s history month. Today, we’ll focus on the finding. Later this
Somehow, tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day. While it’s not a huge holiday at our house, St. Patrick was a cool guy, so we give him
Well, we lost February somewhere in the fog of crazy weather and illness, so I’m woefully behind in sharing resources with you for African-American history
An ice storm coupled with a stomach bug that takes forever to go away. The sort of stomach bug that attacks the whole family. Fortunately
Count me as one of those people who thinks that exposing kids to foreign languages as soon as possible is a good idea. To me
If you follow Read It, Make It! on Facebook, you probably saw my announcement last week that author Kate DiCamillo won the 2014 Newbery Medal.
We aren’t Chinese, nor do we have close Chinese friends, so we don’t really celebrate Chinese New Year. However, I found an amazing little book
Last week, I shared an amazing vintage Soviet children’s book that I found in a used book store. Today, I’m sharing the companion to that
The world lost a legend yesterday. This is my favorite picture of Pete Seeger. He’s in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during 1964’s Freedom Summer. Read more here,
We’re getting a new roof today. It’s exciting, in that we won’t have to worry about leaks. It’s unexciting, in that it’s a very expensive