We Need Your Vote For Our SXSW EDU Panel, Friends!

 

I’m proposing a panel for SXSW EDU coming up in March 2027. 

It’s all about how the modern book fair can increase access to books, in partnership with Literati and Eat.Learn.Play, and we need your votes to make it happen!

Vote by following the instructions via this link, https://literati.com/sxsw 

It only takes a couple of minutes. 

Voting closes August 23, 2026. 

Thank you, friends. I appreciate the help so much. 

Start the School Year with Demco's Free August Activity Calendars!

 

I love using and sharing the Demco Activity Calendars throughout the year.  As we get ready to kick off a new school year in a few weeks, and as others have already started back, our friends at Demco have two new ones for August! 

You will find the Demco Early Literacy Activity Calendar for August 2026 here.  I love how they have all of the different themes like Play, Writing, Math, Science, Rhymes, Reading, Stories, Sounds, and Songs throughout the calendar.  

And you will find the Demco Children's Activity Calendar here.

I took a peak at the week we go back to school and just LOVE all of the days to celebrate and the activities included in the calendar.  

You will find these calendars and more at Activity Calendars on the Demco's Ideas and Inspiration site.

A Love of Reading Starts with Dr. Seuss: Explore Books and Free Resources from Follett Content

 

Our friends at Follett Content have created a special Dr. Seuss microsite, a wonderful place to celebrate the love of reading. 

You will find four different collections including...

Dr. Seuss Classic Books, 

a brand-new line of beginning books called Seuss Studios, 

fun nonfiction from Dr. Seuss, 

...and Dr. Seuss Graphic Novels. 

In each collection, you will find a place to...

...find the books in Titlewave. 

When I saw the new Seuss Studio books I couldn't wait to add them to my current Titlewave list. 

The collections made it super easy to find the new books like...Hello Sun! 

Each collection also has a place to download... 

...amazing guides for each book in the collection, like Hello Sun.  They have wonderful activities for the books, perfect to use in the library and classrooms.  

At the top of the page, you will find a place to view the entire list of Dr. Seuss books in Titlewave, and a super fun...

...12 Months of Dr. Seuss Activities guide!  This guide is filled with ideas for books and activities our kids will love! 

Check out the Dr. Seuss microsite from Follett Content here, where a love of reading starts with Dr. Seuss.