Beautiful Books

Don’t forget to enter my Motherload Contest!  You can win three books AND an ancient Roman coin!  The contest ends April 11th! I think we all know that literary fiction is getting a good and bad rap these days.  It’s one of the...

A Gem on Every Page- The Book Thief

Don’t forget to enter my Motherload Contest!  You can win three books AND an ancient Roman coin!  The contest ends April 11th! Last month I read Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, a story of a girl who steals books during World War II in Nazi...

Once Upon a Time

Before we get to our regularly scheduled programming, I want to give everyone a head’s up that the greatest, most splendiferous contest will be unveiled Tuesday.  Check back tomorrow for all the details! And now on to today’s super exciting post! My...

Spread the Love

Today was parent teacher conferences.  I love meeting with parents, but I’ll admit that it’s a little exhausting to talk for six hours.  But then, teaching is an exhausting job.  I don’t get huge bonuses or a big fat paycheck, but I do...