Susan Stoderl
- May 30
- 2 min
Beyond the Books Literacy Blog | Early Education and the Military
Having trouble finding a job? You can always go into the military instead of paying for college. Or can you? Noted in its report, Ready,...
Susan Stoderl
- May 26
- 2 min
Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work | Middle-Grade New York City History
Jefferson Market Library was originally built as the Third Judicial District Courthouse from 1874 to 1877 and was designed by architect...
Susan Stoderl
- May 23
- 2 min
Literacy Begins with the First Word Read | A College Education Gives You Much More
In an April 26, 2023, Washington Post article entitled “A college degree is worth the cost—and then some,” Christopher L. Eisgruber,...
Susan Stoderl
- May 19
- 3 min
Writing Middle-Grade Fiction | Handling Tragic Subjects
For marketing reasons, I wrote a prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day’s Work, the first book in my Sophia of the Bright Read Sneakers...
Susan Stoderl
- May 16
- 2 min
Part 1 | Unemployment and Underemployment Can Be Minimized by Reading
Collins Dictionary defines the word illiterate as "… a person who does not know how to read or write." Literacy affects a human being’s...
Susan Stoderl
- May 12
- 1 min
Announcing Upcoming Attractions | A Prequel, Audiobook, and Literacy Podcast
#SophiaoftheBrightRedSneakersSeries, #Prequel, #Literacypodcast, #middlegradefiction, #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #readingcorner...
Susan Stoderl
- May 9
- 2 min
The Shockingly Modern 19th-Century Anglo-Irish Novels of Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth began writing in a variety of forms in the mid-1790s when she was in her late twenties, including novels for adults and...
Susan Stoderl
- May 5
- 1 min
Maria Edgeworth & Louise Swanton Belloc | Collaborators on Children's Books & Stories
Edgeworth (1768—1849) wrote many children’s novels that conveyed moral lessons. One of her main collaborators was her friend Louise...
Susan Stoderl
- May 2
- 2 min
Anglo-Irish Writer of Children’s Stories and Novels About Irish Life | Maria Edgeworth (1768—1849)
Maria Edgeworth is a woman writer I would have liked to have known. Edgeworth lived in England prior to her family moving to their estate...