Month: October 2014

Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, Mrs. Dalloway, invites us into the mind of an "ordinary" woman on an ordinary day. It reveals ...

The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown, was published long before I was born (1942), but it's one of the ...

These are the works of literature that may inspire the horrified expressions on the faces of students (when they realize ...

I find myself getting into more and more debates related to our education system-particularly related to reading and writing. We're ...

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith, fell into my hands at a time when I needed it most ...

Have you ever picked up a book that seemed to speak directly to your soul? For many of us, The ...

Do you remember a time when you could just curl up with a book and read a book--without worrying about ...

As I think (and write) about my favorite books, my memories of reading, and how all of that has affected ...

I grew up on stories and legends. I remember the well-worn book of fairy tales that I kept under my ...

The Little House series, from Laura Ingalls Wilder, is one of the most memorable bookish experiences in my life. My ...