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Tuesday Tips: Commas and Clauses

Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning:  I wanted to know what I was going to say.  ~Sharon O’Brien
Last week we tackled the role of the comma in lists…  now we move on to a slightly more difficult task — the use of commas [...]


Age Labels — helpful or hurtful?

photo credit: wili_hybrid
I just loved the comments my post last Wednesday on “Reading at all costs” engendered and thought I would see what folks think about another current controversy raging through the stacks: “Age Banding” books.  The idea is to give parents and teachers an idea of what age-group might be ready for a [...]