Entries by Jim McCabe

Abraham Lincoln by James Daugherty

Download the epub format for Android tablets, Chromebooks and Apple devices: Download the mobi format for Amazon devices: James Henry Daugherty (1889-1974), winner of a Newbery Medal for Children’s Literature, was born in Asheville, North Carolina, but grew up in Indiana and Ohio. When he was 9, the family moved to Washington D.C., where he […]

“WE” by Charles Lindbergh

The epub format below is for your Apple and Android devices including Send-to-Kindle. As you may know, Amazon has changed to the epub format to use with the Send-to-Kindle program. A great feature of the Send-to-Kindle program is that the file will go directly to your Library folder, and not have to be searched for […]

Toward the Flame: A War Diary by Hervey Allen

The epub format below is for your Apple and Android devices including Send-to-Kindle. As you may know, Amazon has changed to the epub format to use with the Send-to-Kindle program. A great feature of the Send-to-Kindle program is that the file will go directly to your Library folder, and not have to be searched for […]

Why Reading Volume Matters: Read Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich

See an excellent article titled “What Reading Does for the Mind” that could be used in professional development, or to help convince a school board that the volume of reading  should matter in secondary schools. Online at https://scholastic.vo.llnwd.net/o16/teacherdashboard/live/c13_s2_t1_pa3.pdf or https://www.aft.org/ae/springsummer1998/cunningham_stanovich or https://ebooksforstudents.org/whatreadingdoesforthemind/ in case one of the earlier sites disappears.  

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