Carol's Corner

Mattie Breen is about to start fifth grade. In a new school. Mattie's mom lives by a motto, "When the going gets tough, the tough ...

I am all about series books these days. Series help kids become fluent. Understand characters. Internalize story structure. Get to know auth...

I am not getting to blogging right now. It's just not happening. Here are a couple of picture books I have read recently. MY NAME IS NOT...

"To Failure" Philip Larkin You do not come dramatically, with dragons That rear up with my life between their paws And dash me but...

There are some author/illustrators who just never put out a "bad book." Mo Willems falls into that category. So does Kevin Henkes....

The latest Elephant & Piggie is out! And Mo has done it again! Another sure to delight the young set (and even my fourth graders, who ha...

Billy loves bears. He and his best friend, Griz, do everything together. They like to go exploring. The play hide and seek. They eat pean...