Are you a polite curser, or does the smallest provocation lead you right to the “F” word? The English language contains a wealth of timeless insults and exclamations of outrage that are hardly used at all any more. Every age has its favorite expressions, from the 60s ‘man that’s cool’ all the way back to…
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…
The Curse of the Magic Mirror is finally a book! Bursting onto bookstore shelves everywhere in less than a week! It has been a long process. It starts with the idea (of course!) put into words. It progresses to a video phone call with the famed and talented illustrator, David Trumble. We brainstorm and inspire each…
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…
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…
