Carol's Corner

I have spent my entire career in urban schools. I love teaching urban kids about 95% of the year. The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christm...

The year is 1903. The car, or at least the car as we know it, has been in existence for about ten years, and there are only 150 miles of pav...

From the time I was very young, I loved , loved, loved horses. Despite the fact that we lived right smack in the middle of the city, I wante...

Jim Burke posted this poem on the ENGLISH COMPANION NING this morning.Jane Kenyon is much more articulate than I am, so I'm borrowing it...

Review copy provided by publisher My niece and nephew have always known me as the book auntie. Since they were born, I've deluged them w...

Yesterday I reviewed FAITH, a terrific photo essay by The Global Children's Fund. I loved how the book emphasized the similarities, and ...

Are you familiar with the The Global Fund for Children ? They are an organization dedicated to bettering the plight of children and youth ar...