by Mary E. Cronin | Aug 20, 2020 | Cape Cod, Community connections, We Need Diverse Books
One of the best things about my recent article in the Cape Cod Times about Black Lives Matter and children’s books is that I’ve heard from parents and educators who are inspired about making mindful book choices for the children in their lives. One delightful spark...
by Mary E. Cronin | Apr 5, 2017 | Cape Cod, Community connections, Middle-grade fiction
Happiness is a deep session of coffee shop writing, with a friend or two nearby.
by Mary E. Cronin | Apr 3, 2017 | Community connections, Poetry, We Need Diverse Books
It started out with a curve ball. And that was before the table flipped. When I head to the South Bronx each year to lead a poetry workshop at St. Luke School, I expect that I’ll teach the 7th and then 8th grades. The classrooms are right next to each other, I...
by Mary E. Cronin | Jan 19, 2017 | Community connections, Uncategorized
Our children are asking. How do we respond when a man about to be inaugurated as President of the United States would flunk the behavior guidelines of every kindergarten in the country: no name-calling, no touching someone else’s private parts? When the election was...
by Mary E. Cronin | Nov 17, 2016 | Community connections
I found a way out of my post-election miasma: writing letters. Read my essay about gratitude letters here on Medium.
by Mary E. Cronin | Jun 30, 2016 | Cape Cod, Community connections, LGBTQ+, Middle-grade fiction, Poetry, Teaching, We Need Diverse Books
Getting an invitation to talk about children’s books and summer? No way I’d turn that down! I had the chance to join host Mindy Todd and Falmouth librarian Jill Erickson at WCAI-FM (Cape and Islands NPR station) recently, and we talked about so. many....