Seeing a group of children reading a book I wrote just warms my whole heart, all the way to my toes! Cultivating a love for books and education at an early age is the surest way to make sure a student wants to continue to study, and seek a higher education, after mandatory schooling ends. At…
It is so exciting to receive a book as a gift, and GIVE MORE H.U.G.S generated a lot of excitement last week in four schools in Port Chester, NY by holding their annual book share fair. This group’s Mission is begins in its name: Helping Unite Giving Souls to provide students in need with the tools to inspire a love…
That crazy story about the Elbow Fairy who could not decide what to wear has sold 200 copies a day for the last 3 months on GET EPIC! an online platform for children and educators! It is such a wonderful feeling to know that somewhere out there someone is reading your story and enjoying it!…
As one of the poster-girls for United Way’s literacy program United2Read, I once again had the pleasure of going to the Yonkers’ public library in New York to find some summer reading buddies. It was amazing and gratifying to see how many kids and how many volunteers were there. The place was a magical madhouse of…
I guess there are a million and one reasons to still love the community library. My co-blogger Joan gave us some brilliant reasons in A LIBRARY AWAITS and I can only agree with everything she said. Furthermore, I have to add – the first thing I did when I moved to town was check out the library.…
It never occurred to me that I would grow up to admire my CHILDREN. But I suddenly find myself in the position of marveling at who they are and what they have accomplished. Each one of them. This weekend I was privileged to be able to hear and watch Jocelyn preach again: Catholic Women Preach. I…
A STROLL THROUGH A STORY! Educators have come up with an ingenious way to use a kid’s innate love of the outdoors as a hook to connect them with and foster a love of reading. On two separate walks, in two separate local parks, in two separate states, I saw two of my favorite things…
