BARBARA A. HAWLEY

A hidden immigrant might blend in with the group—but underneath, they are very different. There’s a new kid in your classroom today. She looks local. She doesn’t dress differently, doesn’t have an accent. Your first clue is her confused look when someone mentions a regional sports team. (Think Tarheels  in NC.) Next, she doesn’t laugh along with the class at a pop culture reference. At lunchtime, you observe her breaking several unspoken social rules. You wonder, Is she on t

Thresholds—the in-between spaces—can be the most difficult for a child in transition. Do you know a child standing on the threshold? (Not...

What are you serving your voracious reader? As the child of missionary parents, I spent months at a time without public libraries, bookstores, or secondhand book shops. And it about killed me. We lived in remote regions of the Philippine Islands. Places without TV, telephones, or shopping, and often no other American kids nearby. Reading was my one source of entertainment and joy. Within a few months of arrival to our island home, I had read every book my mom packed in the mi

"Books are the mirrors of the soul." ~Virginia Woolf At age thirteen, my top favorite book had a main character with bright...