a tree grows in delano

i sub for a teacher that is the advisor for "battle of the books", a competition held by the kern county school district. for ...

after reading esperanza rising , i was inspired to read lupita mañana , the story of a girl who also immigrated illegally to the unit...

*this contains some spoilers, so if this is on your to-read list, i will tell you where to stop reading. you can read my beginning if...

i remember learning about holes  when the movie came out with shia labeouf.  i didn't see the movie or read the book.  i was in hig...

i have read rob sheffield's two previous works love is a mix tape  and talking to girls about duran duran.   love is a mix tape  ...

i discovered journey  on npr's list of picture books that make us wish we were a kid again.   journey  is a beautiful picture book ...

i picked up mr. tiger goes wild  after reading about in that npr article about children's books that makes us wish we were kids a...