The Sussex Countian interviews author Phillip Hoose about the rufa red knot’s migration stop on Delaware Bay: “I’ve chased that little guy all around the hemisphere and met people who have held him in their hands, but I have yet to see it myself,” said Phillip Hoose, a Newberry Honor and National Book Award-winning author,… Read more »
With the announcement today of the Katahdin Award by the Maine Library Association, Phillip Hoose becomes one of the most honored writers in Maine’s history. In its announcement of The Katahdin Award, designed to honor an author’s body of work of outstanding merit, the Maine Library Association acknowledged that Phillip Hoose’s books for children, young… Read more »
I suppose I need to tell you about the penguin. It was a tough choice, posting a personal identification photo that doesn’t show my face. I know: it’s rude at worst, unhelpful at best. I met the penguin in December 2009 at the Punta Tombo penguin rookery, in Patagonia. Almost a million Magellanic Penguins converge… Read more »
Our many thanks to the righteous folks at The Robert H. Jackson Center for keeping the honorable Supreme Justice’s civil rights legacy alive. The center honored Phillip Hoose’s Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice with state-wide book donations to schools in New York and an essay contest. Phil was happy to be on hand to congratulate… Read more »
Kelby Ouchley, an author who also has a radio program on Louisiana Public Radio, has just come out with a masterful collection of essays on the natural history of Louisiana, entitled Bayou-Diversity (LSU Press). Even if you’re not from Bayou country, it is worth your attention as a work of literature. Nothing escapes Ouchley’s attention:… Read more »
If all the world thought as deeply about sharing as Mrs. Nichol’s class did, the planet would be a more equitable place. Listen to the other advise they composed together after reading Hey, Little Ant: -At a play date, let the brother or sister play Legos too. -At the library, if two people want the… Read more »
Hey, Little Ant began as a song written by Phillip and Hannah Hoose in 1992 and has been sung by various performers all over the world. As a thank you to all the educators and readers that have sung along, the original recording featuring Phillip and Hannah Hoose is now available as a free MP3… Read more »
With the right twang, that blog title could be a country western song. We saw this great review of We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S History on Amazon and could not help belting it out. “My copy has been read so often that the spine had to be taped. For years, every time… Read more »
“many of the [English children]…were drawn away by evil examples into extravagant and dangerous courses…to thee great greefe of their parents and dishonour of god.” –William Bradford In celebration of Thanksgiving, author Phillip Hoose spoke to his local public radio station, MPBN, about the Pilgrim’s motivation to leave their adopted Holland because of their worry… Read more »
Every student knows the Rosa Parks story. When students discover there was a teenager before Rosa and a teenager that was silenced, their sense of injustice is piqued. The students connect with Claudette Colvin because they know what it feels like to be ignored or dismissed because of their age. Katherine Rosario spoke nicely about… Read more »