by Mary E. Cronin | Apr 5, 2017 | Cape Cod, Community connections, Middle-grade fiction
Happiness is a deep session of coffee shop writing, with a friend or two nearby.
by Mary E. Cronin | Apr 3, 2017 | Community connections, Poetry, We Need Diverse Books
It started out with a curve ball. And that was before the table flipped. When I head to the South Bronx each year to lead a poetry workshop at St. Luke School, I expect that I’ll teach the 7th and then 8th grades. The classrooms are right next to each other, I...
by Mary E. Cronin | Jan 28, 2017 | Cape Cod, Community connections, We Need Diverse Books
Can children’s books fight prejudice, oppression, and injustice? Absolutely. Yesterday I presented a teacher training about structuring the read-aloud experience for maximum benefit to young children. This gave me...
by Mary E. Cronin | Jan 19, 2017 | Community connections, Uncategorized
Our children are asking. How do we respond when a man about to be inaugurated as President of the United States would flunk the behavior guidelines of every kindergarten in the country: no name-calling, no touching someone else’s private parts? When the election was...
by Mary E. Cronin | Jan 14, 2017 | Community connections, Uncategorized, We Need Diverse Books
Our country has a rich history of marching on Washington, to defend rights, to protest, to resist. Two picture books I have been reading capture this dynamic perfectly for young children. The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson portrays the energy and idealism of...
by Mary E. Cronin | Nov 17, 2016 | Community connections
I found a way out of my post-election miasma: writing letters. Read my essay about gratitude letters here on Medium.