Julia Cooke

Provides educators with real-world tools to reconnect with students and rediscover the joy of teaching If teaching no longer feels like the calling it once was, you’re not alone—and you’re exactly who Julia Cook wrote this book for. Teach Kids, Not Content is a heartfelt, funny, and refreshingly honest guide for educators who want to reignite their passion for teaching by focusing on what really matters: the kids. Drawing from decades of classroom and counseling experience, Julia delivers real-world strategies for building relationships, boosting mental wellness, and creating learning experiences that stick. She reminds us that the content we teach can never be more important than the children we teach it to. Packed with relatable stories, research-informed insights, and laugh-out-loud moments, this book encourages teachers to reframe challenges as opportunities for connection and creativity. Whether you’re struggling with burnout, disengaged students, or shifting expectations, Julia’s approach offers practical tools to transform your classroom—and your outlook. Revealing why emotional connection is the key to lasting learning and teacher fulfillment, Teach Kids, Not Content: Shares powerful strategies to help teachers reconnect with students and rebuild classroom energy and engagementExplains how to create emotionally positive learning environments that make lessons meaningful and memorableOffers hands-on methods for managing stress, maintaining mental health, implementing behavior strategies, and finding sustainable joy in teachingIncludes authentic classroom stories that model empathy, humor, and hope in everyday situations Ideal for K-12 educators, school counselors, and education majors, Teach Kids, Not Content is perfect for teacher preparation, classroom management, and social-emotional learning courses. It’s also an inspiring resource for in-service training and professional development programs focused on educator well-being and student engagement.

Rebecca West, Emily “Mickey” Hahn, Martha Gellhorn. Congo, the American South, Cuba, the lively salons of Shanghai, Yugoslavia on the brink of World War II, the shot-riddled streets of Spain, Hong Kong under Japanese occupation, Germany and Italy at war, post-Blitz London, McCarthy-era Mexico, and beyond. These women didn’t just bear witness to the great changes of the twentieth century, they didn’t just write the backstory to wars that roused their readers to support, they transformed the very world they were describing, and the way it was understood. Each writer traversed the globe, searching for stories they would then dispatch to The New Yorker, The Times (London), The New York Times, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, Collier’s, and Vogue. They often traveled alone, sometimes teaming up with other women reporters, sometimes with their husbands along for the ride. They sneaked onto the front lines when they were forbidden, interviewed civilians to gather color and detail. They wrote novels to pay the bills and articles to explain the world to itself. Over the course of their intertwining lives, they became mothers and friends, took joy in each other’s successes. Julia Cooke's Starry and Restless is the story of three women whose curiosity, grit, and ambition expanded the possibilities for women and meaningful work.