children’s literature
A Better Class of Train
The two-forty-five express — Paddington to Market Blandings, first stop Oxford—stood at its piatform with that air of well-bred reserve…
The Forgetful Mog
Thanks to the #1970 Club, I have a new mog in my life and a new literary best friend in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Discovery and Uncovery
We all love to rumble on about lifelong learning . But how does that happen when learning is presented as…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
W is for …
This picture has a dollop of peanut butter on one edge, a smear of grape jelly on the other, and…