Writing Tip of the Week Use the Em Dash ("long dash") to strengthen your writing. When it's used appropriately, this quirky punctuation...

Imagine yourself separated from your loving family at the age of eleven and sent to an institution intended for the feebleminded, and...

Enjoy Advent this year with a picture book that's lots of fun: The Year Heavy Hail Halted Christmas. What will Santa and the Elves do...

Do you hear a collective groan in your classroom when you ask kids to write? They may read without complaining, and love it, but when...

Xat'sull Chief Bev Sellars spent her childhood in a church-run residential school whose aim it was to "civilize" Native children through...

Writing Tip of the Week Let's look at the ellipsis (three periods), which is often used inappropriately in advertising to imply hidden...