Russ on Reading

Call me crazy, but when I learned I had cancer a few years ago, I did not immediately consult a journalist. Instead I chose to see an oncolo...

April is Poetry Month and here at Russ On Reading we continue our exploration of poetry read alouds for children with a few books that tell...

As I addressed in a post a month ago , the Henny Penny's of the world are running around clucking about how the pandemic will lead to i...

April is Poetry Month. April is the perfect time for celebrating poetry through read alouds. Actually, any time is the perfect time for read...

I have a teaching certificate that says I am a qualified Teacher of Reading, and Reading Specialist and Supervisor, but from the time I got ...

Prejudice and hate crimes against Asian-Americans are not new in the United States, unfortunately, but the recent increase in bias related c...

It was a difficult year in the barnyard with all the animals confined to their own homes because of a mysterious and devastating avian flu. ...

This past Sunday was the anniversary of  "Bloody Sunday," the attack on peaceful protestors on the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, ...

Most children these days are well versed in the adventures of  Shrek!  from the Dreamworks movie franchise and the Broadway musical, but Shr...

  There is a house A Napping House Where Everyone is Sleeping Thus begins one of the great read aloud books of all times, The Napping House,...

 The Australian Open Tennis tournament is going on right now, and while I watch and root for Serena Williams to defy advancing age and the e...

 Everyday is a good day for a read aloud, of course, but some books make better read alouds than others. Among my favorites are the trickste...

The holidays will be a bit different for all of this year, but one constant source of joy and solace for me is poetry. Here are a few that I...