In days of yore (read that to mean when I was a kid in the Mesozoic era…) we had books about Dick and Jane. Yawn. It’s amazing that we learned how to read with such un-exciting books. It’s astonishing that some kids even grew to love reading despite those pathetically […]
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Marc Prensky is an American writer and speaker on learning and education. In 2001, he wrote the article “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.” I am a digital immigrant — meaning that I was not born in a digital world but have come to embrace technology. (See my husband roll his eyes […]
Mother Goose step aside. You’ve got some competition — Monster Goose! And what a spooky competition it is! Monster Goose by Judy Sierra is a hilarious Halloween book that is based on familiar nursery rhymes. Are you ready for a hauntingly hilarious read? Good! Here’s Monster Goose. . . . […]
(Psst. Before I begin, you need to remember that I work at a university. When I refer to ‘the bookstore,’ that means the university bookstore. Got that? Good.) The other day I was at the bookstore. I was on an errand to mail the cookbook to the winner of my […]