High School World Literature: A Thematic Approach

By Betsy Farquhar | June 19, 2023

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

By Janie Cheaney | June 16, 2023

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

By Janie Cheaney | June 9, 2023

Stop and think for a minute about the immense power you wield every day.

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Gladys Hunt on an Exaggerated Demise

By Janie Cheaney | June 3, 2023

Back in 2009, experts were predicting physical books and libraries would soon be outdated.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

By Janie Cheaney | May 26, 2023

Does multicultural reading require multicultural authors?

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Gladys Hunt on Disappearing Mothers

By Janie Cheaney | May 19, 2023

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)

By Betsy Farquhar | May 12, 2023

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

By Janie Cheaney | May 12, 2023

For all you mothers out there . . .

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Gladys Hunt on “Improving” the Classics

By Janie Cheaney | May 5, 2023

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)

By Betsy Farquhar | May 4, 2023

Back Porch Book Chat: A casual conversation about books. Our guest today is Lucy Gundersen

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