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Blogging A to Z: Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors
For the past month, I’ve been telling you that you should find books that interest kids and keep giving them the things they like. And you should. But, there is also something to be said for reading outside the box. Reading something that you wouldn’t have necessarily picked up on…
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Blogging A to Z: Author/Illustrator Visits
Many children’s authors and illustrators are awesome people to get to know! They are truly some of the kindest souls on this planet – at least a lot of the ones I have met in person and online. I think many kids don’t fully understand the entire process of what…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Books with Pink Covers
I decided to go with a specific color! I’ve done this type of post before for a lot of different colors – red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, red, white & blue, and purple, but I’ve never done pink! Surprisingly, there weren’t as many pink-covered books as I thought there…
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Blogging A to Z: Understanding Interests
This one seems so obvious, but hear me out! As adults, we get to choose what books we pick up to read for fun. There’s no one out there tracking what we’re reading, giving us tests, following up with comprehension questions, etc. We get to read whatever interests us. If…
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20 Middle Grade Titles: Historical Fiction
With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…
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Storytime Theme: Octopuses
I’m not sure how I got this far into a blog with an octopus mascot and not have a storytime theme on octopuses! They are some really interesting animals – you can learn more about them from my original post about my logo design, for World Octopus Day, and my…
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Blogging A to Z: Time
I think today’s post is actually one of the hardest aspects to implement because everyone is so busy with non-stop schedules. It’s all about the time. Prioritizing reading in your daily schedule show kids that reading is a valuable way to spend time. And that the expectation is that it’s…
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20 Middle Grade Titles: Mystery
With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…
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Blogging A to Z: Book Series
If you can get a reluctant reader hooked on the first book in a series, you’re in luck! They might be more inclined to read more about characters they already know or settings they’re familiar with. Plus, they now have a comfort level with an author they already like reading!…
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Blogging A to Z: Read Aloud
Reading aloud is so important to developing lifelong readers. And what most people don’t realize is that you shouldn’t stop reading aloud when your child can read independently! I think I might have mentioned this earlier in the series, but I remember a lot of my teachers in school, based…
