High School World Literature: A Thematic Approach
High School World Literature: What to Cut?“World literature” can mean literally any book ever written. The hard part of planning a world literature class is narrowing the focus: Do we cover antiquity to the present? Do we focus on broad world-wide representation? Do we read “the classics” (European classics, that is) that haven’t already been…
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Gladys Hunt on Pop-up Books
Besides giving one to a two-year-old, what should you consider before purchasing a pop-up?
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Gladys Hunt on the Magical Tool of Language
Stop and think for a minute about the immense power you wield every day.
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Gladys Hunt on an Exaggerated Demise
Back in 2009, experts were predicting physical books and libraries would soon be outdated. Gladys Hunt begged to differ . . .
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Gladys Hunt on Diversity
Does multicultural reading require multicultural authors?
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Gladys Hunt on Disappearing Mothers
Could a fictional mother send the protagonist off to fight the dragon–without his overcoat?
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Back Porch Book Chat: Josiah Pettit (Director of Westminster Books)
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual conversation about books. Our guest today is Josiah Pettit (Director of Westminster Books)
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Gladys Hunt: In Praise of Mothers
For all you mothers out there . . .
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Gladys Hunt on “Improving” the Classics
14 years ago, A.A. Milne’s estate sanctioned a new book of Winnie-the-Pooh adventures. Was this a good idea?
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Back Porch Book Chat: Lucy Gundersen (Mom, Business Owner)
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual conversation about books. Our guest today is Lucy Gundersen
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