That's the theme for this year's observation of World Bee Day. The United Nations selected May 20th because Anton Janša, a pioneer of...

We have only 2 weeks to go before school is out for students, and I'm wondering what to do with this library blog after May 29th. I'm...

Way back when we started with this learning at home business, I shared about Jason Reynolds' Grab The Mic series that was just beginning....

I love this quote of our school's namesake. It's perfect. First of all, it's such a distinctly American idea. It even has echoes of our...

Do We Need Diverse Books? Yes, we do! And the Everywhere Book Fest (EBF) promises to bring the children's book festival experience to...

Or as Gratiano in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice said: With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come! I'm happy to celebrate...

Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Learn about the honeybee in the google doodle game I've linked to on the left. I'm also...

What would that letter even SAY? But also, what did YOUR letter to that person say that caused them to answer that way? In this...

No, it's not the bald eagle. (That's the official bird of our NATION.) If you knew (or guessed) that DC's official bird is the beautiful...

Did you know it's School Library Month and National Library Week?! And right now, there's a contest for all K-5 school students who...

Here's what DC writer Jason Reynolds plans to do: NOT WRITE BORING BOOKS. It's what he's committed to, because when he was growing up, he...

Lots of you may have celebrated Passover or Western Easter in the last few days, and some of you may be looking ahead to celebrating...

As promised in my email to families today, here's a link to my new Book Nook padlet. You can get to this blog from the padlet, too....

Tomorrow, I'm going to go into Beanstack and see how many Centaurs have logged in and registered. I will be checking to see who has begun...

On this day in 1896, the ancient Olympic Games were reborn in Athens - 1,500 years after Roman Emperor Theodosius I had banned the...

Not many people know that "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is actually about a girl who wants her beau (that's old fashioned speak for...

Hey everybody! To kick-start the 3rd week of our Learning at Home time, I've created a new Beanstack reading challenge. Many of you have...

It's also April Fool's Day, so I thought today would be a good day to read a poem that's pretty foolish. One of my favorite foolish poems...

I'd like to talk about the wonderful author Tomie dePaola today. During a long and prolific career, he wrote 271 books, and so many of...

Walter Dean Myers said "Reading is NOT optional!" and he's right. I don't know about you, but I prefer real paper books to online...