Katie Egan Cunningham

Literacy development depends on many factors, including access to learning that helps students crack the alphabetic code, their community's ability to meet social-emotional needs, and engaging curriculum. 

Back to school selections, including picture books and middle grade graphic novels and realistic fiction, with related activities from “The Classroom Bookshelf.”

Teaching ideas to build a socially and emotionally strong classroom with books.

Our brains are neurologically hardwired for stories, and a story-rich life is one key to building strong social-emotional learning skills.