Skip to content

  • Home
  • BooksExpand
    • Jazz Fly Series
  • Speaking EventsExpand
    • School Assemblies
    • Family Reading / Bilingual Family Events
    • Library Events
    • Conference and Keynote
  • Educators
  • Parents
  • Videos
  • Blog
Matthew Gollub
  • Stockton’s Family Day in the Park a Huge Literacy Success
    Blog

    Stockton’s Family Day in the Park a Huge Literacy Success

    Byepictorie September 25, 2013September 22, 2014

    This interview (not pic) of yours truly just ran in the Stockton Record newspaper: http://lnkd.in/bpeW239 . Hats off to Carrie Sass and all the organizers of Stockton’s Family Day in the Park. Each September, this event highlighting literacy and family…

    Read More Stockton’s Family Day in the Park a Huge Literacy SuccessContinue

  • Kindergarten V.I.P.s Galore at Saratoga Library
    Blog

    Kindergarten V.I.P.s Galore at Saratoga Library

    Byepictorie September 23, 2013August 5, 2014

    This past Wednesday, on September 25th, I had the pleasure of performing at a special evening event for young families at the Saratoga Public Library in Silicon Valley. Billed as “Kindergarten V.I.P.,” it began at 7:00, relatively late, to allow…

    Read More Kindergarten V.I.P.s Galore at Saratoga LibraryContinue

  • Blog

    creativity, writing verse and writing content

    Byepictorie September 4, 2013August 5, 2014

    I can’t believe it’s already September! Summer has been a time for creativity, writing verse, writing content for a new video series, and for close collaboration with the illustrator Karen Hanke. Having completed the charming drawings of the African animals…

    Read More creativity, writing verse and writing contentContinue

  • Blog

    Total Illiteracy

    Byepictorie August 4, 2013August 5, 2014

    I just got an email from my niece who works with troubled youth in Pennsylvania. She described trying to help 13 and 14 year olds who are “totally illiterate.” My only challenge in responding was limiting my list of immediate…

    Read More Total IlliteracyContinue

  • Blog

    Fun Stop at Cal State Fullerton

    Byepictorie March 23, 2013August 5, 2014

    Fun stop at Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library for a presentation to bright-eyed college students and teachers to be. More proof positive that EVERYBODY gets swept up in stories when given the chance. Here’s the scoop in the school newspaper:…

    Read More Fun Stop at Cal State FullertonContinue

  • Blog

    Thank you, Mariposa Elementary School!

    Byepictorie February 3, 2013September 22, 2014

    Just back from the wilds of Redlands, CA where the students and staff of Mariposa Elementary School serenaded me with a welcome I’ll never forget. Before my morning assemblies, all the 3rd grade students took the stage and performed for…

    Read More Thank you, Mariposa Elementary School!Continue

  • Blog

    Agent or Publisher: Which Comes First?

    Byepictorie December 2, 2012July 28, 2014

    Like many creative souls, Laura Presno has a dream. This 3rd grade teacher at Terry School in Selma, CA, has written a sci-fi novel for kids. Over a staff lunch in the teachers’ lounge (a welcome break for me after…

    Read More Agent or Publisher: Which Comes First?Continue

  • Blog

    Longest Running Slideshow from a School Assembly to Date!

    Byepictorie November 24, 2012August 5, 2014

    A big thank you to principal Victoria Cuevas of Jackson School in Selma, CA. She presided over not just my assemblies when I visited her school in November but over the longest running slideshow series of one of my talks…

    Read More Longest Running Slideshow from a School Assembly to Date!Continue

  • Blog

    The English Degree is No Longer Superfluous: Online Jobs and Social Change

    Byepictorie October 3, 2012August 5, 2014

    Writer Alexa Russell got me thinking about the PRACTICAL value of an English degree in today’s online work environment. More than ever, she says, students are able to put their degrees to work remotely in order to spur social change…

    Read More The English Degree is No Longer Superfluous: Online Jobs and Social ChangeContinue

  • Blog

    Using Excitement to Inspire Quiet Reading

    Byepictorie September 22, 2012August 5, 2014

    Last Saturday, I had the privilege of presenting (for the 3rd or 4th year) at the Stockton Record’s Family Day in the Park, an annual public celebration in Stockton, CA. I had three 20-minute performance slots, one in the enclosed…

    Read More Using Excitement to Inspire Quiet ReadingContinue

Page navigation

Previous PagePrevious 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 Next PageNext
  • About Matthew
  • Contact
  • Press

© 2026 Matthew Gollub

Facebook Linkedin YouTube Twitter
  • Home
  • Books
    • Jazz Fly Series
  • Speaking Events
    • School Assemblies
    • Family Reading / Bilingual Family Events
    • Library Events
    • Conference and Keynote
  • Educators
  • Parents
  • Videos
  • Blog