Tag: reading
Summer reading: What’s in our “stacks”?
By Lauren on May 24th, 2013
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, OOM readers! That’s right, this weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and for some of us, the official start of summer reading. As Meghan pointed out earlier this week, many of us have already gotten a jump on ourmore… full post
Freddy says . . .
By Suzanne on May 23rd, 2013
Few people know more about kids and reading than Freddy Hiebert. The California-based literacy expert and head of TextProject has devoted her life to helping beginning and struggling readers attain high levels of literacy. Hiebert also providesmore… full post
Scholastic Parent & Child: May Highlights!
By Kristen on May 23rd, 2013
Our parenting magazine, Scholastic Parent & Child, is packed with great info that helps parents navigate every aspect of raising happy, healthy kids! I thought I’d share a few of my favorite articles from this month’s issue with you! Themore… full post
Summer Challenge update: 22 million minutes and counting
By Megan on May 21st, 2013
The 2013 Scholastic Summer Challenge began a little over two weeks ago, and kids have already read over 22 million minutes. (You can pick your jaw up off the floor now.) Not only do we have more students and classrooms participating this year thanmore… full post
What role do graduations play in our growth?
By Guest Blogger on May 20th, 2013
It’s graduation season! (Even our own Megan is in on it — she graduates today with her Master’s degree in English and American Literature! Go, Megan!) Julia Graeper from our Classroom and Community Group is here with some thoughts about what thesemore… full post
In Our Feeds: 65 books to read in your 20s, baseball poetry, tagged photos
By Morgan on May 17th, 2013
Every Friday, we share a handful of links that we found funny, provocative or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Have a good weekend! Let’s start with all you 20-somethings, shall we? Buzzfeed listed “65 books you need to read in yourmore… full post
5 Questions with Meg Cabot!
By Morgan on May 17th, 2013
We’re closing out Children’s Book Week with a bang: Meg Cabot stopped by to answer our 5 Questions! If you don’t know Meg, get ready. She’s the bestselling author of books like the Allie Finkle series, The Princess Diaries, and the Abandonmore… full post
A Week for Children’s Books: Lia’s take
By Lia on May 17th, 2013
In honor of Children’s Book Week, several OOMers are sharing one classic children’s book that we loved as a child, and one book that we hope will become a classic in the future. Morgan, Lauren, and Jessica all had some great suggestions. Time tomore… full post
Children’s top picks in honor of Children’s Book Week
By Alex on May 17th, 2013
Makayla with her “Old Lady” books! In honor of Children’s Book Week, we asked the children in our lives to tell us what their favorite book is and why. Although we got some pretty great answers, we also encountered a few children who said theymore… full post
Biography love: a roundup
By Lauren on May 16th, 2013
Happy National Biographer’s Day! I must confess biographies are one of my favorite types of books. I love learning about the day-to-day lives of some of the people I’ve been the most fascinated by. Go on, quiz me about Anne Boleyn or Cleopatra.more… full post
