

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 30, 20232 min read


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 26, 20232 min read


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 23, 20232 min read


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 19, 20233 min read


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 16, 20232 min read


Announcing Upcoming Attractions | A Prequel, Audiobook, and Literacy Podcast
#SophiaoftheBrightRedSneakersSeries, #Prequel, #Literacypodcast, #middlegradefiction, #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #readingcorner...

Susan Stoderl
May 12, 20231 min read


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 9, 20232 min read


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 5, 20231 min read


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...

Susan Stoderl
May 2, 20232 min read