by DianneSalerni | Aug 17, 2015 | Pennsylvania, reading
Many Pennsylvanians have been disappointed to discover that our new Democratic governor, Tom Wolf, hasn’t turned out to be any better supporter of libraries than his much-despised predecessor, Republican Tom Corbett. Libraries aren’t even on Wolf’s radar and...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 22, 2015 | cover, home, interview, reading, The Morrigan's Curse
Just in case you missed my cover reveal over at Project Mayhem last week … The release date for The Morrigan’s Curse is January 26, 2016, and you can read a synopsis for the book on my website’s Eighth Day Series page. But if you have any interest in...
by DianneSalerni | May 18, 2015 | PSSA, reading, teaching, testing
This will be the final post in a series of Why I Had to Leave Education … for now. (Until something else sets me off.) When my nephew started third grade at my former school this past fall, my brother-in-law asked me, “What’s this ‘content class’ Joe keeps talking...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 12, 2012 | reading, teaching, writing
My 5th grade students were excited when they heard the book I’d been telling them about was going to be published as a series. And both my reading classes wanted THE EIGHTH DAY to be their next read-aloud. When I cautioned them that the current version is unrevised...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 8, 2011 | reading, teaching, YA
I know most (if not all) of you have read the article in The Wall Street Journal highlighting the dark and disturbing nature of today’s YA literature. It’s time to consider: Maybe they’re right. Maybe YA authors are poisoning young minds with a tasteless exploration...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 24, 2010 | reading, teaching
Report cards and parent conferences are over, and it’s time for Thanksgiving break! I feel like I’ve worked hard enough for it! Exhaustion makes me cranky and maybe a little fanciful. My over-exerted neurons are firing off crazy ideas and strange little...
