Over on Instagram, I have been working on a project where I encourage people to create a Reading Autobiography by revisiting their Touchstone books. Both concepts come from Donalyn Miller. I learned about and completed elements of this activity (Part 1 and Part 2) in Prof LaGarde‘s Young Adults Literature & Reading class at Rutgers. […]
A long time ago, I planned to be a lawyer. I will always remember the moment I realized it was not for me. I was working as an intern at a legal aid center and the lawyer, noting the book on my desk said, “I haven’t read a novel in decades…” There were a lot […]
In September 2020, Colby Sharp reminded us that picture books are for all ages. Sharp’s video got me thinking about a mini-project I started on Instagram since beginning social isolation in March 2020. As I read to my kid, I started documenting pages that spoke to me about our lives. Here are some favorites: Clockwise […]
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