I was talking to a teacher friend recently, and she told me a funny story about listening to a first grader lead his class in the Pledge o...

  Have you read Free Lunch by Rex Ogle?  It's a powerful tale about the stigma of growing up in poverty and learning that your parents...

The past few years have affected our kids' reading and this summer may have you concerned.  Does your child, or do your students need to...

You want your kids to have fun this summer, but you also don't want them to fall any further behind.  There are easy - and fun - activit...

 Where did Dusti Bowling, the author, come up with this tremendously readable idea? Aven was born "unarmed."  At home in Kansas, w...

  I knew I needed to see more when I saw pictures of the art Jodi Oakley's students had created using sliced bread.  Yes, slices of brea...

Oh, her writing!  Kelly Barnhill knocks it out of the park with this story.  If you still have time for a read-aloud, please read this one t...