I've often wondered how many great minds, inventors, musicians, and artists we've lost because the individual was born into dire poverty...

Every year, I look forward to The Cornell Lab's Feeder Watch citizen science project. I move my laptop into the kitchen for a bit every...

Poetry provides a wonderful vehicle to make inferences, determine themes, and cite textual evidence in complex, yet manageable texts. ~ Michelle Schaub Michelle Schaub is an award-winning children's author. Her children's poetry collection, Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day At The Farmers' Market, won the 2018 Growing Good Kids Award. Fresh-Picked Poetry was also a 2018 Illinois Reads selection and 2018 Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom Book of the Year. In 2020, she will publish her

Unfortunately, more and more children are affected by homelessness. Having seen the effects and emotions surrounding this circumstance,...

Hooray! Are you all in for a treat! Today, I get the privilege of interviewing amazing Susanna Leonard Hill. Susanna Leonard Hill is and...

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Slice of moon cake, anyone? © Javier Jaén Before we get into this post, let...

Although many of you think may think you know about her, I like to introduce you to the award-winning Cori Doerrfeld. She lives in...

John Hare spent his youth in Kansas drawing comic strips about snakes, making spoof yearbooks to entertain his friends, and writing...

Living in the Pacific Northwest, I enjoy hiking and camping. On these trips, I am regularly treated to glimpses of animals going about...

Mirka Hokkanen is an amazing illustrator who uses a variety of printmaking, drawing, painting, and digital techniques in her art. “Her...