Archive for 2012
Diane offers a 3 part Literary Series devloted to adult literature.
January 23, 2012
Beginning February 2012, Diane is doing a 3 part literary series devoted to adult literature in San Francisco CA and St. Helena, CA. For more information: http://www.bookshopwestportal.com/literary-series-diane-frankenstein
Was Benedict Arnold a notorious traitor, a coward or a hero?
January 17, 2012
Benedict Arnold was a General during the American Revolutionary War, who started out as a general on the American side and was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general. If you are curious how this happened, read on! For younger children, ages 7 and up, Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean […]
Parental Involvement is key to a child’s success— in and out of school.
January 12, 2012
There’s no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student’s achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers. But here’s what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents. Parents more focused on their children’s education can also make a huge difference in a […]
Stories that endure are those that enlarge human experience.
January 7, 2012
Joan of Arc would be 600 years old this year. I suspect that the longevity and appeal of her story is that so much of the story remains enigmatic. I speculate that part of a story’s shelf life has to do with the mysterious qualities that we will never know. But we continue to read […]
“Look, you can make a difference in your child’s life, just by reading to him for 30 minutes a day.”
January 4, 2012
Congratulations to Walter Dean Myers on being named the national ambassador for young people’s literature, a sort of poet laureate of the children’s book world. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/books/walter-dean-myers-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature.html?pagewanted=all His message comes from his own experiences as an African-American man who dropped out of high school but built a successful writing career largely because of his life-long devotion […]
