@courtneywombles knows me well. She gifted me with this fun read for a quick pre-fall semester beach trip. Highly recommend. 📚 @ Hilton Head Island, South Carolina https://t.co/wtwFf0JOEU
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.” --William Faulkner
With graduation this week and thoughts turning to the future, here are those of Frances Hodgson Burnett, looking back at this same stage of her life, just before going on to a successful career as a bestselling author of YA fiction ("Little Lord Fauntleroy," "The Secret Garden")
Art teachers/all teachers can support literacy too. Here is a little display that I set up in my art room that will hopefully spark a conversation about books/my reading life. Perhaps it will even shift a reluctant readers perspective on reading. Who knows? Can’t hurt…