Halloween is a big deal in our school. The day opens with an all-school Halloween parade through the classrooms, and the day ends with a la...

Many, many cultures have traditional tales that involve a trickster main character. Earlier I wrote a series of two posts about Anansi, a ...

It's Monday! What are you reading? was started by Sheila at Book Journey and was adapted for children's books from pictures bo...

Tales of Bunjistsu Bunny , written and illustrated by John Himmelman (ARC provided via Net Galley , publication date of Oct. 28th), is a...

My third graders have grammar every-other week, as we alternate our grammar lessons with spelling. I love finding other books and resources...

Trickster tales are one of my favorite type of folktales. Last week I introduced five stories about Anansi the Spider retold by Eric Kimme...

My #TBR pile is growing with new purchases for my classroom library, recommended by my students. We'll see how many of these I can ...