Being a grandfather is the best job in the world, and here are the top 10 reasons why. It’s also possibly the easiest, because your grandchildren teach you.
At Home With Books: A Dark and Stormy Night
A crack of thunder starts a reading journey through Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and A Wrinkle in Time. Join Deva Curnutte on a dark and stormy night at home with books.
Children’s Book Club: The Tale of Despereaux
Join us for today’s Children’s Book Club discussion of Kate DiCamillo’s The Tale of Despereaux, and shine some light through story.
The Grandfather Stories: Goldilocks and the Three Brothers
Reading to our grandsons has taught us that the “social time” of reading is just as important as the reading itself — reading tells them they matter.
Strolling through Watership Down: Richard Adams
Meeting the author of a favorite childhood book, Watership Down, a young Heather Eure is inspired in her own quest to be a writer.
Children’s Books: 14 Reasons The Tale of Peter Rabbit Should Be Banned
Beatrix Potter’s ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ is a disturbing book. Here are 14 tongue-in-cheek reasons it should be banned.
Libraries and Living Books: Seattle Public Library
If words have the power to shape a child’s soul, and books are the carrier of those words, then the library, according to Kimberlee Conway Ireton, is a powerful place indeed.
World Read Aloud Day: 6 Benefits of Reading Aloud to Your Children
On this World Read Aloud Day, Kimberlee Conway Ireton give us 6 great benefits of reading aloud to our children.
Llamas in Pajamas (and 10 great children’s poetry books)
Kimberlee Conway Ireton reads Llamas in Pajamas — and 10 great children’s poetry books — with her kids. In fleecy pajamas.
Little Red Riding Hood: A Graphic Novel
Sara Barkat retells the story of Little Red Riding Hood in the style of a graphic novel. Can you find a poem in the images?