Back to the Basics: Value in the Use of Reference Books

            With our infectious fast-pace lifestyles, fueled by an even faster cyberlife, it has become quick and easy to rely on the Internet for answers to just about every question, anything really. Teachers and tutors have grown annoyed by a student’s reluctance to use the old fashion print dictionary, much less a thesaurus. Accustomed to [...]

Book Review | Just Like Us, The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age In America by Helen Thorpe

A powerful and moving account of four young women from Mexico who have lived most of their lives in the United States and attend the same high school. Two of them have legal documentation and two do not. Just Like Us is their story… and the story of many others. This brilliant, fast-paced work of [...]

Discover Languages with Pat Mora’s Gracias * Thanks

Pat Mora, poet and author of books for adults, young adults, and children, continues to delight her readers and entice new booklovers to her joyful and fun bilingual children’s books. Gracias * Thanks is a colorful delight to read as a parent, as well as for children. Parent and child(ren) can celebrate together through reading, [...]