Tag: reading
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San Jose Book Festival
On September 12, 2026, San Jose, California, will hold its first annual book festival. That’s a very exciting statement for me because this festival was my idea. After attending successful book festivals in surrounding communities, I asked myself why San Jose didn’t have one. Book festivals attract families, educators, professionals and engaged consumers. Pew Research…
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Q & A On Reading
Since December of 1919, Paper Lantern Writers has been publishing blog posts. One of the features is a question and answer blog, designed to help readers get to know the Paper Lantern Writers. Over the years, I have answered many of those questions, and I’d like to share some of those with you. This month,…
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Five Reasons for Adults to Read All Year
As the weather warms, summer reading for your children becomes a topic to consider. Summer reading is a thing because students have always been encouraged by teachers to read during that long school vacation. Libraries and bookstores even have special programs to encourage children to read all summer. Reading all summer should be a habit we…
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True Love: Reading
Four years ago, my summer reading included The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller. It changed my life. It also changed the lives of over a hundred students, so far, that have passed through my classroom. Simple truths in Miller’s book brought me to tears because of how deeply they resonated within me. Students don’t learn…
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Excerpt From Under the Almond Trees
From Chapter 8, Ellen 1871 Yellow has always been a color that is sunny, bright, and optimistic. No coincidence then that the suffrage movement has adopted it. This afternoon the hall we rent at the new Unity Church glows yellow. Early spring roses and daffodils, from the gardens of the ladies assembled here, fill tables…