Dear A.S. King…
Dear Amy, Your words at PCTELA 18 were just what I needed. When you finished, and everyone was standing and clapping because you were amazing (even before 10 am), I… Read more Dear A.S. King… →
Summer Institute
CELEBRATE This Week No. 227 I’m the incoming director for a professional development consortium of 30 schools called The Lead Learners (formerly All Write). The biggest event of our year… Read more Summer Institute →
Book Piles & Editors {CELEBRATE This Week: 122}
I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. Check out the details here. Celebrate… Read more Book Piles & Editors {CELEBRATE This Week: 122} →
Digging Gold: CELEBRATE This Week {101}
I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. Check out the details here. Celebrate This… Read more Digging Gold: CELEBRATE This Week {101} →
The Book Stack
Here’s a little conglomeration of a pile. Read the first page and you’ll be hooked on this new series by Kate Klimo. You will also be set for an outstanding… Read more The Book Stack →
Welcome Kate Messner! (plus a giveaway)
Chronicle Books is generously giving away a copy of Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish. Enter using the form at the end of this post. I’m excited to host Kate… Read more Welcome Kate Messner! (plus a giveaway) →
favorite bits
Chalk-A-Bration is coming up next Saturday. (This is a celebration of art + poetry started by Betsy H.) Next Saturday my kids and I will be chalking and writing poetry… Read more favorite bits →
the book stack: where it’s been
If I’m gutsy-honest, the kind of honest that is see-through and stark and you wonder if people are still going to like you when you’re done being honest, then I’d… Read more the book stack: where it’s been →
my colleagues: one take-away from a writing retreat
A writing retreat from Brenda Power is a gift. I still have a hard time believing I’m the kind of person who gets to write and finds herself at a… Read more my colleagues: one take-away from a writing retreat →