We at Teaching Authors are celebrating # WorldReadAloudDay ! April read aloud to her dog (in PJs!) Carmela's post began the ...

xxx Howdy and Happy Poetry Friday!   There's a teeny tiny Writing Workout and a not-so-teeny poem below! A recent School Library Jour...

I’m Out-and-About and in clover today, wheeling to Springfield, Illinois to join four of my five fellow Teaching Authors for our Workshop ...

A few readers have written to share their favorite childhood books. Sarah mentioned Mama, Buy Me a China Doll ; Free to Be You and Me ; Pick...

As a kid, I spent many summers in my parents' hometown in Pennsylvania (near where Esther grew up). My grandparents had a pool, and I sw...

Enjoy all of the delicious books we've been talking about this summer—and if you buy them, please BUY LOCAL. Find your local bookseller ...

As a child and teen, I always looked forward to summer as a time to read for pleasure (as opposed to assigned reading). Once a week, I rode ...

When I think of "books I loved as a child", I don't have to think hard, because they are right here on my bookshelves. I am a ...

When I speak at schools, students often ask me what books I read when I was their age. I can usually remember one or two, and I often say th...

I read so much that I keep a reading log of what I've read, when, and where or how I learned about the book. I thought I would share wha...

posted by Mary Ann Rodman At least once a school visit, I am asked (usually by a teacher), "What advice can you give a young writer?...