Be sure to hop on over to TeachMentorTexts.com for more great reads! Summertime means extra time for reading, and joining in on Donalyn...

Hop on over to TeachMentorTexts.com for more great readerly posts today! Past Photo Credit Chan's debut novel broke my heart...

Due to a series of fortunate events, I was able to place an order with Follett for a stash of new fiction books to share with the reader...

Today's post was planned and ready to go when all of a sudden it was altered by a very unanticipated occurence. We reached our f...

Make sure to go see what Crystal is up to today! This week's Poetry Friday Link Up is hosted by Elizabeth Steinglass . For more won...

If you know who this cute little guy is, we can be BFFs! Photo from the PDF Teacher Resource file found here . It's Monday! And ...

Be sure to hop on over to see what Crystal is up to today! With only four weeks of school left, I'm eagerly looking forward to my s...

I love Cheryl Strayed's book Wild , and not only for the story and her writing style -- though those combined are enough to sink deep...

So often I have students (mostly girls) come to me and ask for Suzanne Collins'  The Hunger Games . Now, I can't blame them for w...

Last November I found myself in Boston for the annual NCTE conference. I love this conference, but let's be honest -- one of the hu...

This afternoon on FaceBook I read an article about Bridget Zinn , who was offered representation for her debut novel back in 2009. Not long ...