Comics Education in Conversation: Jenny Robb

Jenny Robb (she/her) is Curator and Associate Professor at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.  She holds masters degrees in History and Museum Studies from Syracuse University.  Robb has curated many comics exhibitions, including Exploring Calvin and Hobbes; Looking Backward, Looking Forward: U.S. Immigration in Cartoons and Comics, and Into the

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Penguin Classics Presents: #Disrupt Texts and Min Jin Lee on Teaching Classics and Challenging the Traditional Canon

On Friday, November 12th, Penguin Random House (PRH) Education facilitated a conversation between bestselling author Min Jin Lee and #DisruptTexts co-founders Tricia Ebarvia and Lorena German. This event was part of the 75th Penguin Classics anniversary celebration week, which also featured reading lists, personal book recommendations, and enriching programming. #Disrupt Texts is a crowdsourced, grass

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How DK’s English for Everyone Has Led ELLs to Proficiency

English for Everyone is a smart, simple, and highly visual language course designed to help anyone of any starting level to learn English. Though originally created for learners self-studying at home, ESL teacher Katherine Fedor of Virginia Beach City Public Schools has seen great success in using the series as a classroom resource for children

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The New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2021

The New York Public Library has announced their Best Books of 2021. This is their annual recommendations for kids, teens, and adults, all curated by expert librarians. The titles that made the lists encompass fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry, kids’ books in Spanish, and much more. All of these books are available in the Library’s

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