Across Berkeley, students, teachers and families are joining this year's Berkeley Mock Newbery Book Clubs . Every elementary school has ...

How do our children navigate feeling caught between two cultures, two groups of friends, two identities? In the new novel-in-verse  Red, Whi...

Environmental issues impact and threaten our lives in so many ways--from raging fires to supersize storms. Here are six novels that tackle s...

Mitali Perkins' newest YA novel, Forward Me Back To You , pulled me in with characters navigating their way through trauma and secrets. ...

Is your family taking a long drive this winter? Consider listening to an audiobook together, letting it take you on an adventure, laugh toge...

As I continue to celebrate 10 years of blogging, I want to turn to books that encourage us to speak our truths. While books can't change...

Whether you play sports with your kids or love watching games together, you’ll have fun sharing these books. You'll find a balance of no...

Katherine Applegate is one of my students’ favorite authors. Her books include Home of the Brave  and wishtree , both of which center aroun...

I've been thinking a lot about how we show our boys different ways to handle emotions, so that we are breaking the expectations of actin...

As a teen, I bristled against rigid authority and strict policies--I wanted to understand why rules were made, and insisted that they were ...

When high school basketball star Bunny Thompson transfers to a private school to play ball, his best friend Nasir feels betrayed and left be...

Carve out time from your busy summer schedules for reading. Talk with your teens about their interests AND the importance of reading. The be...