The Absent Librarian

Despite the popularity of young adult series like Harry Potter, Hunger Games and the Divergent series, are reading rates dropping? New re...

Life is not easy, nor is it fair, or always fun. But stories are always there, waiting to comfort you, to excite you, and to let you imagi...

There are many organized summer reading programs available in most communities.  Public libraries, schools, camps and churches often hav...

A great way to encourage reading and teach students how fun it can be is to model reading.  One of my schools created a picture wall in the...

Family Literacy Day is a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 and held annually on January 27 to raise...

I work on a daily rotating schedule at 8 elementary schools.  Yes, I said 8.  That's a lot of collections and student names to remember....