Check out this great list of winter picture books:

Make sure your beginning readers are ready for whatever the oncoming winter weather brings:

Some Halloween facts and fiction for your classroom:

Tempt your chapter book readers with some ghostly good reads:

If you work with middle grade readers, make sure to check out the discussion guide for my novel Sunshine:

Earth science information packaged for the easy reader classroom:

Dig deeper into my novel Runt with this synonym extension activity:

My new picture book publishes in less than a month!

National Grandparents Day isn’t far away!

My newest STEM title for beginning readers publishes August 31st.

The benefits of reading fiction:

Make sure your students are writing ready for fall!

Make a perfect bedtime pairing with the Perseid meteor shower and The Stuff of Stars:

Some of my thoughts about the important role played by novels that grapple with tough emotions

Time-tested ways to develop young people’s passion for reading

This week brought me a big reason to celebrate: another book birthday!