Confession time! I'm ashamed to admit it, but I tried to talk Brad out of doing the #30secondbooktalk this year. Before you judge me too...

We’re back!! That’s right! It’s time for round one of the 4th annual #30secondbooktalk Challenge! We’ve gathered the best of the best: 16...

The #30SecondBookTalk is back and this season promises to be the best ever! Get ready, y'all! Because we can’t wait to see who earns the...

When Brad Gustafson and I started the #30SecondBooktalk challenge three years ago, we had one goal: to help get kids excited about books...

The wait is over! With over 30,000 votes cast in round one, excitement has been building for this year’s final four #30secondbooktalk...

If passion is the spark that ignites creativity, then get your fire extinguishers ready! This year’s podcast is a whole new level of...

Quick quiz: When you read a great book, do you find yourself unable to contain your excitement? Do your “booktalks” inspire the masses to...

Thank you, Scholastic, for originally publishing this post by me and Brad Gustafson on the Reader Leader Blog! Not only are we excited to...

The World Championship of Book Talk videos started with 16 creative educators from several continents. They came together around a common...

Okay, y'all... let's do this thing! The World Championship of Book Talks started with 16 educators from several different continents....

The wait is over! It's time to reveal the 16 book talks that make up ROUND ONE of the 2017 World Book Talk Championship! We had such a...

Last year Dr. Brad Gustafson and I co-hosted the World Championship of Book Talks. Many of you will remember that we started with a field...

The votes are in! (All 3,000+ of them!!!) And the WORLD BOOK TALK CHAMPION, winner of the Vince LomBOOKi prize, as chosen by YOU is.......

At last! The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here! It's time to announce which #30SecondBookTalk competitors have advanced...

A couple of months ago when Brad Gustafson (principal/lead learner at Greenwood Elementary School in Plymouth Minnesota), asked me if I...