The Swahili word “safari” means trip.
In our lifetimes, we all embark on multiple safaris — trips that are sometimes real and other times, imaginary or metaphorical. What better way is there to keep tabs on our daily journeys (to places known and unknown) than through the written word? Join us on a daily literary safari as we travel and discover the world through books, art, movies, music, family, and more.Featured Stories
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Game On: Teaching Middle Schoolers to Think Like History Detectives
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Game On: Teaching Middle Schoolers to Think Like History Detectives
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsGet the scoop on a new online game based on the PBS series History Detectives. -
Elmo Learns to Save, Spend, and Share
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsAre kids too young to learn about money? Sesame Street doesn’t think so, as elaborated in PNC Bank and Sesame Workshop's new preschool financial literacy kit. -
Guest Blogging at Nonfiction Matters
Posted on December 18, 2008 | No CommentsThis is a short one. I’m guest blogging at Marc Aronson’s School Library Journal blog, “Nonfiction Matters” today. Check out my post “Great Resources on Islam. and on the Experience... -
Absolutely Deadly Words
Posted on November 20, 2008 | 7 CommentsIrritating words. Clichés. Trite expressions. We hear them all the time and sometimes, we are also guilty of using them in our own writing and conversations. clangnuts Here, from Oxford... -
In Defense of Comics
Posted on September 9, 2008 | 8 CommentsThough comics and graphic novels have been in the publishing spotlight in recent years, educational publishers and teachers still approach them with cold hands and tentative minds. I can’t tell... -
Poetry Friday: Serving Out Time with Robert Frost (plus a giveaway)
Posted on June 6, 2008 | 6 CommentsI’ve been on Poetry Friday hiatus for the past couple of months (though I was doing a South Asian themed series for adults at Sepia Mutiny). Today: poetic justice and... -
A Teaching Guide for I Don’t Want to Blow You Up
Posted on March 31, 2008 | 1 CommentRicardo Cortes and F. Bowman Hastie, the authors of children’s coloring book, I Don’t Want to Blow You Up, were sitting on a pier along the Hudson River last summer,... -
Six-Word Teen Memoirs
Posted on March 26, 2008 | 7 Comments“Everyone has a story. Can you tell yours in six words?” Take this question that SMITH magazine posed to its readers and throw it out to a room full of... -
Creative Writing Workshops in the Bay Area (and France)
Posted on February 6, 2008 | No CommentsTwo of my friends who live in the Bay area are leading writing workshops in the upcoming months. If you have been thinking about taking a class, honing your skills,... -
Editing Day Tips
Posted on November 29, 2007 | 1 CommentI am going to spend most of my day with 30 young writers from the NY area, reading their creative writing and offering editing advice. Young Authors Editing Day is... -
Google for Educators & Writing – Teach Revision & More …
Posted on November 8, 2007 | 1 CommentI’ve taught writing in various capacities over the past several years, and until last May, was editing Writing, a Weekly Reader classroom magazine for middle and high school students. One...