Empress of the Americas

She has many names, the woman who appeared on the hill in Tepeyac in 1531, and spoke in the Nahuatl...

They Still Teach Me

They Still Teach Me

My process in writing Tales from My Teachers on the Alzheimer’s Unit was both lightning fast and haltingly slow. The...

The Ballad of Jesse Pearl by Shannon Hitchcock

The Ballad of Jesse Pearl by Shannon Hitchcock

When her sister Carrie, who is dying of TB, asks Jesse to describe her heaven, and Jessie says it smells...

The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech

The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech

This middle grade fiction from master storyteller Sharon Creech is full of mystery, generosity, and the marvels that may happen...