Faculty Survey with Dr. Fryer
Students working on our yearbook at Providence Day School sent faculty a survey this fall. Here are the questions they asked me, and my answers. Students...
Best Toys and Gifts for 2 Year Olds
If you’re looking for toys and gifts for 2-year-olds that will provide hours of imaginative pretend play time, develop fine and gross motor skills, practice preschool...
Best Middle Grade Books for 10-Year-Olds (5th Grade)
Does your 10-year-old boy or girl in fifth grade need a good book? Find good middle grade books for every 5th grade reader here with reviews...
The Best Toys & Gifts for 6 Year Old Boys
The best toys and gifts for 6 year old boys are gifts that are fun, but also get kids moving and thinking, inventing and exploring, building...
Mythological Middle Grade Books
With Rick Riordan’s new mythology imprint, and more publishers selling diverse books, mythological books for middle grade readers are growing in quality and quantity. And it’s...
25 New Nonfiction Books, October 2022
Every month or so, I share new nonfiction children’s books that are appealing to kids, excellent in writing, and valuable in content. I do this because...
WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD by Rachelle Burk (plus a giveaway)
Today I bring to you a woman I admire—author Rachelle Burk. Among her many talents, she’s a former EMT, a professional clown, an RUCCL council member,...
Share Audio on YouTube
Digital storytelling can take many forms. Recording an audio-only interview using a smartphone is one of the easiest ways to record a family oral history interview,...
31 Funny Graphic Novels
Most kids love reading funny books. Add in the graphic novel format, and you get a winning combination of funny graphic novels! The funny graphic novel...
Ice is Nice: Maria Gianferrari’s ICE CYCLE (plus a giveaway)
by Maria Gianferrari Happy Book Birthday to ICE CYCLE: POEMS ABOUT THE LIFE OF ICE, with gorgeously rendered illustrations by illustrator, animator and designer, Jieting Chen!...
