If you love good writing or if you love to read and write, and if you haven't read Charlotte's Web lately, you really ought to give it a second-or fourth or fith go. If you've never read it, then it's a MUST. We read Charlotte's Web this past week for Children's Lit.,...

I'm finally reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Sometimes Alexie's style isn't my favorite, but this book is pretty entertaining, and I do like it a lot. I don't think I understand that it got the National Book Award, but I do think Sherman Alexie...

I'm pretty excited about the classes I'm teaching. But how quickly we forget how much work it is...

Very cool program...http://www.girleffect.org/

Here's an essay about Young Adult Literature and why we love it so much--and how it's popular for readers of all ages, not just teens. I love this. Makes me feel all the better about writing YA,...

I finally watched The Scarlet Pimpernel last night. It's set during the Reign of Terror after the beginning of the French Revolution. It is a different view than those stories that glorify the Republic and the ridding society of Aristocracy. It's a good movie, though...