MORE pests of the ancient world!
In ancient times (and even today in parts of the developing world), ordinary people had to grow their own food. Imagine a family plowing...
Invitation to a free in-service workshop for teachers
Classroom Teachers! Please join me and my colleagues at Creative Connections for this fun, educational workshop. #education #schools...
An update on my co-writing project
So…as many of you know, since last October I have been co-writing a middle grade novel with a colleague, Susan Montanari. This is the...
What the *##@** is a Teaching Artist?
I’ve worked in the arts in education field most of my career, but it’s only been in the last 15 years or so that “what I do in the...
Colonial Burial Vaults
This past week I was in Savannah, Georgia to research a new middle-grade (or should I say “grave”) novel. This is my first co-writing...
The rewards of worm composting
In this blog, I’ve talked before about the rewards of worm composting, but today I thought I’d post a few photos to illustrate my point....
A recap of my recent all-school residency
Last Friday was the “culminating assembly share” for a rather remarkable all-school residency. As a children’s book author, I do lots of...
Welcome to Off the Page
Okay, so this is what I’m thinking: this blog will be an extended conversation with maybe teachers, fellow writers, possibly students,...