by Alison Ashley Formento Wizards carry wands, Jedi knights use light sabers, and superheroes sometimes wear capes. The chances are ver...

by Alison Ashley Formento It’s summer and when you’re not outside enjoying the beach or eating ice cream, you might be heading inside t...

by Alison Ashley Formento Alphabet books fill the children’s shelves at libraries and bookstores. They are easily found in book bargain...

by Alison Ashley Formento Spring is springing everywhere and it's easy to imagine dancing through a field of flowers and spinning...

by Alison Ashley Formento It’s been five years since my first picture book, This Tree Counts! , was published and I still hike past...

by Alison Ashley Formento Machines are an important part of our lives and they are usually built using rocks and minerals, as I learned ...

by Alison Ashley Formento Have you put up any holiday decorations? There are people like Martha Stewart who knows how to trim a Christm...

by Alison Ashley Formento School may have started where you live, or it will start soon, but you can keep summer memories strong and ce...

by Alison Ashley Formento It’s summer and many of us are going on vacation or taking time to visit friends or relatives. You may be t...

by Alison Ashley Formento Do you like to dig in the sand? Or dig in the dirt in your backyard garden? When I visit schools, I share...

by Alison Ashley Formento The first pet I owned as an adult, a small cockatiel named Felicity, flew away when I was cleaning her cage. O...

by Alison Ashley Formento Authors often immerse themselves in research to learn all they can about the topics they write about in th...

by Alison Ashley Formento Martin Luther King, Jr. would have celebrated his 85th birthday this month. Each January, when reading or lis...

by Alison Ashley Formento It’s the time of year for snowmen and you might be singing about Frosty, laughing at Olaf in FROZEN, the...

by Alison Ashley Formento Leaves swoop around us this time of year and a swirling rainbow of autumn colors fill the air. Leaves lea...

by Alison Ashley Formento School is back in session and one of my favorite memories is jumping rope at recess. Long ropes and short, li...

by Ashley Alison Formento You may visit exciting new places or spend time seeing family on summer vacation. Wherever you travel, you...

by Alison Ashley Formento Summer vacation is on everyone’s mind and students and teachers are looking forward to fun with family and fri...

by Alison Ashley Formento There’s a change in the air this May, with warmer days and lovely flowering plants and trees. It’s that time ...