One of the things I didn’t fully grasp when started my research on language learning through reading was that books are living things. They are born, they live out there in the world, and by use and wear and tear,…

I’ve been collecting kids books translated into Spanish for more than twenty years. Sure, there are book stores everywhere in the world, books sold in airports, books sold at gas stations. I quickly noticed that most books are for adults,…

(image from brittishdesigns.blogspot.com) I aspire to being bonkers. All the best innovations and paradigm shifts that change our experience of life come from people who are a bit bonkers, the visionaries of our society. You know what a visionary is?…

I was a shy kid (don’t listen to the sniggers of people who know me now, my Mom will back me up here) and always had my nose in a book.  Screens were not the competition, with the exception of Saturday morning…

I heard an interview of Norman Lear on NPR recently. When the 92 year old was asked for life advice from his experience over a very successful career, he said two words to sum it up. Over and Next. When…

I have always loved books.  Some of my earliest memories are reading Nancy Drew, A Little Princess, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, and every book about horses I could get my hands on.  I grew up on a…