• Lifestyle

    What Comes After Easy Readers?

    Transitional Books!  Transitional books are (usually) a series of books that you may be familiar with that are around 100 pages or less with short chapters and often some pictures throughout the book.  The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne is a perfect example of a transitional book. …

  • Lifestyle

    It’s Never Too Early to Think About the Newbery Award

    In recent years, I’ve begun following the Newbery Award more closely.  It’s extremely interesting because the Newbery Committee does not provide the public with a short list of books that they are looking at for receiving the award, but there are plenty of blogs circling the blogosphere that offer their own opinions…

  • Reviews

    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    I have been waiting for December 1st to be able to post this book.  This has got to be one of my all time favorite Christmas stories – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by, Barbara Robinson.  This story was published in 1972 and it shows if you read it now,…

  • Activities

    Read-Aloud Program for Elementary Age Kids

    Probably, my fondest memory of school was being read-aloud to by any number of teachers that I was lucky enough to have from elementary school all the way through high school.  Not only my teachers, but my parents also read aloud to all of my siblings and me.  Now, that in…