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 English as a Second Language Institute.Lancaster, PASpeaking. Writing exercises.Sharing.Stories are a part of who we are! It was a pleasure to part of this important  program with dedicated teachers and students.The English as a Second Language Institute uniquely provides administrators, classroom teachers, and ESL teachers with a critical understanding of how schools can take proactive steps at bridging the achievement gap as it relates to linguistically and culturally diverse learners. The 2016 ESL Institute a week long cultural exploration of our immigrant, refugee, and migrant populations in the United States.  In order to [...]

This is not the first time one of my books has inspired a song or even a play but this is the most recent.This makes my day!  Makes me want to dance.  Fills me with joy.I think I will go listen again!Check out the music and short video written and produced by school Terry Hess.https://vimeo.com/161375010 Here is what she has to say about the production:I was truly  inspired by your wonderful book.  My elementary music classes  looked at the illustrations, and then  assisted in coming up with the sentences, as the book was [...]

Lena and Feroza are in Sweden!Sometimes your characters get to go places you have never been!Who knows?  There's still time...  meanwhile I will revel in the possibilities, new readers and new friends.  Around the world, across cultures and language.  

Some of you may be too young to know this but this is how you used to check a book out of the library.  Catalog cards.  They were still in use when my first books were published.  As libraries around the country began to transition to computerized catalogs they discarded the cards.By the time I realized there would never be a library catalog card for my books again, it was too late.  I kept looking inside of books from libraries, asking librarians to save them for me if they came across one.  Nothing.  [...]

April 22 is Earth Day.  What better to celebrate than with the Green Earth Book Awards?  Circles of Hope was a winner in 2006. The award given by The Nature Generation is meant to help inspire Environmental Stewardship.  Circles of Hope is in the company of a selection of wonderful, inspiring and important books for children.  The list includes Picture books, fiction, non-fiction, Chapter books and Young Adult in a list of award winning books since 2005.The short listed books for the 2016 awards  on Earth Day have been chosen. See the list here.  And [...]

Check out this program!Think about a donation.Hard to resist! --> . ProjectEDUCATE does some amazing work and we need your help to help ensure they continue to do so. No donation is too small and all contributions are tax-deductible. It is a great cause and you will be helping educate children in some of the poorest communities in the world. To learn more and donate please visit https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/operationread/ If you would like to support their environmental initiative, please visit https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/conservation-nation Thank you.