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 I was chatting with a young mom the other day and I mentioned the classic Little Bear books by Else Holmelund Minarik. She hadn’t heard of them and why would she? They were written in 1957! That got me…

     Although I’m retired from teaching I haven’t lost my interest in children and their literacy. I can’t think of a single life skill more important than fluent reading with solid comprehension. If a child can read he can learn…

    Our schools are offering fewer and fewer opportunities for children to participate in the arts. Drama is long-gone from the daily curriculum and art projects are few and far between. And now even music programs are…

       The year was 1965 and the venue was the Newport Folk Festival. Long hair was “blowin’ in the wind.” The air was hazy with smoke when the crowd made ready to welcome Bob Dylan to the stage. Then the unthinkable…

  My parents taught my brother and me to play Monopoly and then spent the next five years trying to get out of playing the game. It was addictive. It was loooong. Besides, my brother cheated. He…