Posts By: Skila

Attention Teachers!

Posted by & filed under Poetry!.

Now’s the time to register your classroom for March Madness Poetry – a super fun bracket-style poetry competition in which classrooms have the chance to vote and advance a poet to the next round of the competition. This doesn’t require a lot of time in your classroom. It can be … Read More

Quotable Thursday

Posted by & filed under I quote stuff.

I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.

eleanor park

“It steadied him to feel her trembling.”
~Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park… Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

Posted by & filed under I read stuff.

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

wingsfire

My son recently handed me the first of the Wings of Fire series and told me to start reading. I had low expectations and I’m not sure why exactly, except generally I don’t like books with animals … Read More

Quotable Thursday

Posted by & filed under I quote stuff.

I love when someone writes the heck out of a sentence. On Thursdays, I try to post some of my favorites.

jacob have i loved

“I used to try to decide which was the worst month of the year. In the winter I would choose February. I had it figured that the reason God … Read More

Wednesday: What I’m Reading

Posted by & filed under I read stuff.

On Wednesdays, I vow to inconsistently list some good books I’ve recently read.

audacity

Audacity by Melanie Crowder is a newly-released historical fiction novel in verse that completely blew me away. The writing is beautiful and smart and rich. The story is riveting. The character is tenacious and determined and so … Read More