Tag Archives: Books
Legendary teachers and brave books
Sept. 25 was Legendary Teacher Day in Ridgefield. That’s not quite the same as National Teacher Appreciation Day and Week, the first Tuesday of the first full week in May — which, incidentally, have only gained semi-official status thanks to being declared annual observances by the National Education Association, but not by the U.S. Congress. […]
Classic ’70s novel provides lessons for today
I’m reading my boys the Judy Blume classic, “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” which I enjoyed as a kid. As I read it aloud, however, I’m realizing there’s a lot about the book I had forgotten. Early in the book, the 9-year-old protagonist, Peter Thatcher, describes walking across Central Park in his hometown of New […]