children’s literature

Sail Away – Oceans, Seas, Rivers, and Rainstorms

There's a lovely exhibit currently on show at the Morgan Library. It's the work of artist-illustrator Ashley Bryan (see below…

2 years ago

Burning the Books and their Authors

This tweet about toasting marshmallows on a fire stoked with Harry Potters brought to mind an odd incident from my…

2 years ago

Evacuee Story Lines #2 C. S. Lewis

"What are you doing in the wardrobe?" "Narnia business" C.S."Jack" Lewis spent childhood years in a house in Belfast where…

3 years ago

Evacuee Story Lines #1 Nina Bawden

All our stories begin before we are born. Not Just the blue eyes or flat feet we inherit, but the…

3 years ago

Angela Brazil, the Tribal World of School and School Change

Scooterons-nous vite. It's Back to School with Angela Brazil Long before Harry Potter - and indeed long before all those…

5 years ago

Angela Brazil – Rhymes With Dazzle – at Dunkirk

When intelligence officer Arthur Marshall was on the beach at Dunkirk in 1940 he turned to the work of Angela…

5 years ago

Discovery and Uncovery

We all love to rumble on about lifelong learning . But how does that happen when learning is presented as…

9 years ago

The Welcome Back Assembly

Ever wonder what happens in an all-school assembly when all students and faculty pre-k through 12th grade gather in the…

14 years ago

Education Off The Rails: Standards Train Wreck

In Teaching in a Knowledge Society Andy Hargreaves has a cautionary tale - Education off the Rails -  about the…

15 years ago

When it comes to technology and change: Are you Toad, Mole, or Rat?

When a new technology comes along and knocks you off the old one - in this case a motor car…

15 years ago

Snow! “Now don’t eat it, Scout, you’re wasting it”

With the chance of a snow day looming and with the news of snow across much of Alabama my mind…

16 years ago

Nuts! A Tale of Morality and Medicine

Do you like eating nuts? You do? And so do squirrels, but even squirrels can eat too many. Tippety Nippet…

17 years ago

W is for …

This picture has a dollop of peanut butter on one edge, a smear of grape jelly on the other, and…

18 years ago

Choice

Would you rather have supper in a castle, breakfast in a balloon, or tea on the river? John Burningham We…

18 years ago