From Our Experts — Literacy

By Elizabeth Redhead Kriston No more pencils. No more books. No more teachers Dirty looks. School is over. School is done. We can stop learning And start having fun. This was the spring time schoolhouse mantra of my youth. The sounds and sightings of song birds along with the slowly lengthening and warming days always got me riled up and ready for that final bell of the school year. I could hardly wait for the long lazy days of summer. As a parent, the onset of summer has a much different feeling. It is more foreboding than fun. With the...

I never know what will inspire me to write a story. Sometimes it can be a need that I feel should be fulfilled as when I wrote Pants on Ants. Sometimes it is a something a child says. Or, in the case of Raincoats and Rainbows it is a real life experience. Several years ago my girls were still little and riding their bicycles up and down the street wearing their bathing suits. After a while they had to add raincoats to their attire as it started to sprinkle and then rain heavily. It was a typical summer shower which...