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"...all children need to identify with each other instead of learning to identify some children as the other."

The Big Bend Area Literacy Council, FKA Leon County Reading Council, sponsors an annual narrative writing contest for K-12 students.

On August 17, 2019, I celebrated the launch of my very first novel for young readers. For me, it was a dream-come-true. Over the course of about eight or nin...

#ncte #nctevillage #ila #scbwi #nwp #amwriting As a teacher of writing, I have the pleasure of working with young authors who have talent, originality, and ...

The journey began on March 14, 2018. My mind was in a continuous loop: It’s got to be nothing. Breast cancer doesn’t run in my family. I don’t have the risk ...

“Why Are We Still Teaching Reading the Wrong Way?” This is the title of American Public Media journalist Emily Hanford’s dangerously misguided opinion piece ...

The West Flagler Branch Public Library in Miami was so close to home that by the time I was old enough to cross Flagler Street independently, I was allowed ...

You have a gift. You have ideas. You have the passion to form words into images, concepts, and aha moments for adoring readers. You can do this! Or, you can ...

Runners, take your mark. Ready. Set. Go! Sprinters break from the blocks and explode onto the track. Arms and legs alternate in a visual blur. Just seconds a...

Preparing to enter kindergarten is an exciting experience. It’s also a little scary. Parents of preschoolers often wonder if their children are ready for thi...

Where do you get your ideas? Any author who’s ever visited a school has been asked this question. Everybody wants to know the answer. Really, what they want ...