. Howdy, Campers! It's POETRY FRIDAY! Thanks to Margaret for hosting Poetry Friday today! (My poem's at the end of this post....

What have I been reading, and in some cases re- reading, these delicious summer days in Chicago? Anything written by Dani Shapiro! I hope...

Hello Readers, I hope you're all enjoying summer (well, at least those of you in the Northern Hemisphere!). These are definitely not ...

     I first met Beverly Cleary's memorable character Ramona Quimby as a supporting character in Henry and the Clubhouse  where she all ...

We often blog here at TeachingAuthors about the value of "Reading as a Writer." (If you've missed those posts, you'll find...

Here on the TeachingAuthors blog, we've been discussing the classic children's books we never read till adulthood. The series was i...

     What book do you wish you had read as a child?  Are you kidding?  I read everything as a child!!       A trip to the public library ...

I confess: until last Wednesday, November 2, 2011, I’d never read, from start to finish, Margery Williams’ 1922 classic storybook The Velv...

I am supposed to be kicking off the next series of posts on "the book everyone read before me."  Well... I'm sure you don'...

Congratulations to teacher Karen Brooks of East Bridgewater, MA and parent and children's book reviewer/blogger Pat Zietlow Miller of F...

Reading Mary Ann's last post  reminded me of a wonderful handbook for young writers that I recently bought for a talented neighbor.  In ...

Happy Poetry Friday!  The poem’s below but first….make sure to enter TeachingAuthors’ Magnificent Patricia Reilly Giff two-book-set book giv...

       My favorite book is Charlotte's Web.   I loved it as a third grader, and I love it today. I cannot think of another book that mak...