by Pam | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog, Books, Boys' LIteracy, education, Literacy, parenting boys, Parenting Tips, Uncategorized
Guess what percentage of kidlit/YA authors are male? The answer is 14%. Why does that matter? Well, given how essential they are as role models in getting boys to read, it’s important that educators and parents know who they are, schools and libraries hire them...
by Pam | Nov 27, 2020 | Blog, Books, education
List includes Arooj Hayat’s & my The Parkour Club, 2020. Please let us know if we’ve inadvertently included middle grade, nonfiction, or any misspellings. All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney All We Have Left by Wendy Mills Amal Unbound by...
by Pam | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, education
“Literacy has risen to 83%” Sometimes life goes three steps forward and two steps back, and keeps repeating that pattern. Typically, the media (and we) focus on the two steps back, because we are wired to worry more than we are to relax and smile and zoom...
by Pam | Feb 17, 2018 | education
Today I have the privilege of speaking to educators at the The Write to Learn Conference in Osage Beach, Missouri. Below are the digital handouts for attendees of my second session, “Drawing Information-Lovers into Fiction and Vice Versa.” Handouts for Pam...
