In the Classroom: The Pushcart War Project

I’m a big fan of whole class creative projects celebratingworks of literature. Some have come about duetomypassionfor a particular book,notablyAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland, whileothers are due to the kids’ excitement, say the murals we did forThe Graveyard Book and When You Reach Me. The latest of these is a digital storytelling project ofJean Merrill’s The Pushcart War.

It wasupon learning of the death of its author, Jean Merrill, a couple of years ago that I was reminded of her fabulou...