by Phil | Jun 20, 2016 | Education, Ideas, Memories
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...
by Phil | Jun 20, 2016 | Education, Ideas, Recommendations
Talking TWO NAOMIS With Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick Earlier this spring, I was able to get my hands on an uncorrected proof of TWO NAOMIS, the middle grade novel by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick that pubs later this summer just...
by Phil | Jun 18, 2016 | Books, Education, Ideas, Recommendations
Last year, when I first heard about Lisa Yee’s new Super Hero High series, I could barely control my excitement. Even before I got to see and read Wonder Woman at Super Hero High, the first book in the series, I knew kids were going to love these books and that...
by Phil | May 31, 2016 | Basketball, Books, Education, Ideas
Six weeks from today, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, the next book in my Rip and Red middle grade series, hits shelves. I am counting down the days! When the book comes out, on the back cover, readers will be able to see...
by Phil | May 30, 2016 | Ideas
Rookie of the Year, A #BookJourney Adventure, Part II Here’s Part II of the conversation with the #BookJourney Crew… But if you missed Rookie of the Year, A #BookJourney Adventure Part I, click the link. We’ll wait for you to come back! So nine passionate and...
by Phil | Jan 26, 2016 | Books, Education, Ideas
When we lived in Brooklyn, whenever we saw our friends, it was usually only for a quick bite or a drink or to chill on the roof. More often than not, we all had one eye on our screens because someone was always running to pick up the kids at afterschool, heading to...
