Jenny Hale is one of my favorite authors to pick up for aChristmas romance. And so, I thought that would translate over into her summer stories. So, I had picked upÂSummer By The Seahoping for a decent beach read out of the deal. As it turns out,ÂSummer By The Seawasn’t my...
I’ve already put some of Liza’s ideas and resources about comics to use (is it possible to say enough good things about Liza Halley? I don’t think so), and I’m looking forward to adding some of the new books I picked up at vendor booths to my school library collection and seei...
it struck me more than any previous year howmanydeserving books there are. Not that I disagree with the committees’ choices – plenty of books I cheered for, others I hadn’t read – but there are just so. many. good. books in any given year!
Working in a middle school library for the past year, I have been more conscious than ever about what books I am putting into kids’ hands – and, if the match is right, into their heads and hearts. They might read a chapter and put it down, or they might slog through and forget i...
they know that middle school is a time when people are figuring out who they want to be, when what most of them want desperately is to fit in – and often, they act in ways they aren’t comfortable with in order to achieve that goal. (Hale’sReal Friendsis autobiographical, as are ...