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Guest Post by Miguel Rodriguez… How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the...
Many people are stars in their own childhood stories that their parents will embarrassingly tell to anyone who will listen. I have one that is perhaps a bit uncommon. My parents had left me and my...
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Guest Post by Miguel Rodriguez… Opportunities for Rich Discussion and...
Two books that have captured imaginations and inspired countless thought-provoking discussions, theses, and even classroom curricula have been the stylishly dark and abstract The Trial and The...
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Guest Post by Christopher Shamburg… When the Lit Hits the Fan in Teacher...
[I've been a fan (yes, how apropos) of Chris Shamburg's work for several years now, so it's a real honor to post some of his thoughts on fandom and curriculum here. And for those of you attending the...
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Guest Post by Gabrielle Bondi… Five Things Readers and Fans Don’t Know About...
Young YA fans certainly know all about their favorite books and authors, and it’s exciting when they learn that one of their favorite stories will be presented in a different medium: film. However,...
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Guest Post by Gabrielle Bondi… Five Things Readers and Fans Don’t Know About...
[For the first three points, please check the previous part of this post. Thanks! -Peter] 4. Trends & Marketability Trends and marketability are crucial when it comes to studios deciding what...
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Guest Post by Emily Weisenstein and Joseph Gasparro… Superheroes, Branding,...
A Superhero by any Other Name: Observations on a Brand Close your eyes and imagine someone in a spandex jumpsuit standing on the roof of a building, cape flying in the wind, face obscured by a mask,...
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Guest Post by Emily Weisenstein and Joseph Gasparro… Superheroes, Branding,...
The Possibilities of a Cape and Mask: The Value of Superheroes in Library Programing In our first post, we discussed the idea of the generic superhero as its own brand with broad characteristics that...
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Guest Post by Maria Selke… There and Back Again: (Re)Visiting ‘The Hobbit’ in...
Every year, I look forward to sharing The Hobbit with my fifth graders. It’s a rite of passage to experience a work that has influenced so much of the fantasy genre. This is especially true since most...
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Guest Post by Maria Selke… There and Back Again: (Re)Visiting ‘The Hobbit’ in...
My fifth grade reading group had some wonderful thoughts about the trailers for The Hobbit prior to reading the book. Our discussion led my students to theories about the intended audience for them,...
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How Foreign Films Can Teach Critical Thinking
Guest Post by Roberta Seret [Even in today's world, Sunday night's Oscar telecast may have been the only time this year, sadly, that many Americans thought about exemplary foreign language films. Yet...
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Five Simple Things It’s Easy to Overlook About Comics
Guest Post by Carol Tilley In January 2013 I gave a talk on comics and libraries at this year’s American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter. The gist of this talk was how librarians failed to...
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