Good morning, everyone! I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend so far, and that you are continuing to stay healthy during the holiday season. It's been really encouraging this week to see news about our medical personnel having access to the new COVID-19 vaccine, but we likely have several more months before it…
As a reader and former English/Language Arts teacher, literacy is an area of tremendous concern for me. International Literacy Day is an opportunity for us to raise awareness of illiteracy, a global problem which has been made more difficult to tackle due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…
Happy National Book Lovers Day! It probably won't surprise you to learn that National Book Lovers Day is one of my favorite "national days." Under normal circumstances, I would be celebrating by spending a couple of hours browsing my local bookstore, before coming home (with more books than I originally intended to buy) and reading…
Good morning, everyone! I hope that you are having a lovely week so far, and that you are continuing to stay healthy. After several days of living on peanut butter, crackers, and protein shakes, I finally caved and went to the grocery store this week. Given that my last trip to any store was sometime…
Good afternoon, everyone! I hope that you are having a fantastic week so far. I thought it would be fun to spend a little time focusing on manga this week. I've chosen a couple of series that I will be reviewing throughout the week, the first of which is The Way of the Househusband, by…
Good morning, everyone! Happy July 4th to those of you celebrating Independence Day in the United States! I hope that you are having a fun, safe holiday weekend. Because I know that this is a time when many people normally plan to gather for cookouts, parties, and fireworks displays, I really want to encourage everyone…
Summer is officially here, and it is a great time to be reading! If you're currently participating in this year's POPSUGAR Reading Challenge, you might be thinking that this is the ideal time to get caught up on your remaining prompts...or you might be considering taking a break to focus on some more summer appropriate…
Young adult fiction has really changed over the years! When I was in my teens, I found it very difficult to find good books written for a teenage audience, mostly because young adult fiction was not nearly as prevalent as it is now. My local library had a massive children's section, which included picture books,…
During my years as a classroom teacher, I had the opportunity to talk with a lot of students about the books they were reading outside the classroom. I taught English/Language Arts at the middle and high school levels (grades 6-12), and got to see my students read tons of fantastic books from a variety of…
One of the things that makes summer reading programs exciting is the opportunity to earn prizes for reading. If you had the chance to read yesterday's article, and are currently considering taking the time to create your own summer reading program for your family, you might be thinking about what kind of reading incentives you…
