

To a Writer of Color--Finding a Place at the Table
After visiting two popular children’s book festivals, I was struck by how frenetic they were. Children rushed from one author to...
Making Space for Bilingual Voices
A few days ago, I walked into the Oaxaca Public Library (La Biblioteca Publica Central Estatal de Oaxaca, Mexico) and introduced myself...


Flipping the script: At risk for school failure or funds of knowledge?
I had the pleasure of meeting with Deborah Menkart, Executive Director of Teaching for Change last week. She had attended the...


Word Play - it keeps us on our toes, leaning into the world with our ears wide open!
I dipped into the library to check out a book, and there I found my friend Shirley Lea from the Family Book Clubs Project reading to a...