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![Dav Pilkey, A Real-Life Superhero](https://philbildner.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2017/03/captain-underpants-1080x653.jpg)
Dav Pilkey, A Real-Life Superhero
This is a full-circle story, twenty years in the making. Back in 1997, I was teaching sixth grade in the Tremont section of the Bronx. My new boyfriend (now husband) at the time worked as an associate editor at Scholastic. He gave me a bunch of copies of the first...
![My Author Website — Skytemple Runs the Show!](https://philbildner.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2016/11/TournyOfChamps_01b_Series-1-1080x675.jpg)
My Author Website — Skytemple Runs the Show!
We’re a small studio focused on strategy and design. We’re pretty obsessed with the psychology of experience… almost as much as we love cat pictures on the Internet.
![My Husband, a Picture Book, and the Future President](https://philbildner.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2016/07/new-doc_1-1080x675.jpg)
My Husband, a Picture Book, and the Future President
On Thursday, July 28, my husband, Kevin and I were having an ordinary old-married-couple evening, the kind of evening you might have after being together for nineteen years. We brought in sushi, listened to some throwback Simon & Garfunkel, and coordinated our...
![Rookie of the Year, A #BookJourney Adventure, Part I](https://philbildner.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2016/05/Rookie-of-the-Year-Preview-Cover-Version-2-472x675.jpg)
Rookie of the Year, A #BookJourney Adventure, Part I
Last November, I traveled to Minneapolis for the NCTE annual conference in Minneapolis. It was one of the best conferences I ever attended. My Personal Learning Network (PLN) came to life. I got to in-person meet so many of the friends and colleagues I’d been...
![The Teacher and the Rock Star](https://philbildner.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2016/07/EPSON011-1024x670.jpg.jpg)
The Teacher and the Rock Star
For those of you that know me, you know Wonder by RJ Palacio is one of my favorite middle grade novels. It’s a book every elementary school kid should read or should have read before middle school. One of my favorite lines from Wonder comes from Auggie: "I think there...