Games, books, activities and ideas to get your kids reading!
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Your kid will love this. You draw a stick figure, and the website brings it to life. There is a literacy component, because the site takes the stickman through a plotline. You’re given instructions like, “draw a key in my hand” before he can open a locked box. Kids have […]
The American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media book awards are huge. You can be sure that the books they select are the best-of-the-best. In other words, great choices to add to your child’s collection. This year, the Newbery Medal went to Dead End In Norvelt, by Jack Gantos. Read more […]
“In The Bag!” by Monica Kulling, illustrated by David Parkins Here is a lovely, empowering book you should read with your kid for a couple of reasons. First, it’s a terrific book, a good story with wonderful illustrations. Second, it’s empowering for girls. It teaches a young generation—that sometimes can’t believe […]
If reading’s not really your thing, make sure you’re not passing along that message to your children. Let them see reading as a fun and exciting activity. And it will be.
This is the video that’s recently gone viral. If you (and your kid) haven’t seen it, you must – it’s lovely. One-minute and 52 seconds of delightful, stop-motion, book-adoration. Visited the bookstore “Type” in Toronto this morning and got the back-story: Apparently a couple of filmmakers (Sean Ohlenkamp for one) […]
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