In her Newbery medal-winning classic, A Wrinkle in Time , Madeline L'Engle created Meg Murray, an angsty, angry, passionate, heroic youn...

The Newbery Medal has been compared to the Oscars of children's literature, and that's an apt comparison. It brings a boost in popu...

As I've honored Black History Month with my students, I've been reading aloud a powerful new book: Freedom Over Me , by Ashley Bryan...

“When I first picked it up, I thought it was a biography because it was so real.”--Sam, 4th grade Kids across Berkeley are responding to J...

This morning, the American Library Association announced the winners for 2015 distinguished books for children across many categories. This...

Wow-oh-wow!! It's been an exciting week telling kids about the news that Flora & Ulysses won the Newbery Award. Our students have l...

Kids always amaze me. They come to discussions full of energy and enthusiasm, with fresh eyes. Our final Mock Newbery discussion was rich, t...

Our Mock Newbery list stretched readers to try out books they may not have been drawn to initially. Two historical fiction books particularl...

We really liked the format of our Mock Newbery book club this year. Each student committed to reading five books from our list of ten books,...

We have had a terrific time this fall turning our 5th grade book club into a Mock Newbery group. Over the next ten days, I'll be shari...

Today was a certainly a day for Librarians Gone Wild! Across the nation, librarians gathered to watch the live announcements of the Newbery,...

I'm continuing my Caldecott Challenge, reading as many of the books which have been recognized as distinguished picture books by the Ame...

I'm away for a long weekend at the American Library Association, known in my household as "Librarians Gone Wild," the annual m...