Chicken Spaghetti

"Usually Toothless"by Susan Thomsen and the National Audubon Society Field Guide to New EnglandAdult frogsand toads (order Anura)have large heads and eyes,and wide, usually toothlessmouths; they ap...

As someone who used to be hooked on espionage novels (Helen MacInnes, I'm waving at you), I'm looking forward to getting my hands on The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime W...

 "On the Books" is a series that asks one question, "What are you reading lately?" I'm so pleased that Whitney Hoffman pops in with her answer today. An attorney and the mother of two sons, Hoffman...

On weekday mornings our house is not always the picture of calm. The time between the end of breakfast and the arrival of the school bus is often filled with last-minute scurrying around to find ho...

I count on the nominations for the annual Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards to keep me up to date on poetry books. Suggestions for the 2008 prize are stacking up at the Cybils we...

Happy October!Nominations are now open for the Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards (the Cybils). Anyone can nominate a favorite book of 2008 in a variety of categories. Click over ...

In a discussion on the Child_Lit listserv, Perry Nodelman had some fascinating things to say about picture book texts. I asked for and received permission to reprint his remarks, which are helpful ...

The scene: The front yard. (After a current-event homework discussion of the historic last game at Yankee Stadium, it was decided that a game of baseball is needed.)The baseball players: Junior (re...

Jen Robinson's Book Page was kind enough to give Chicken Spaghetti a shout-out recently, and I want use this fine opportunity to pay it forward and mention some sites celebrating Hispanic Heritage ...

 Lately the fourth-grader and I are engaging in a tug-of-war over a new book. Our house just may need two copies of George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Friends, written and illustrated b...