ICYMI, here’s a post I wrote awhile back for the wonderful reading website, 49th Shelf. I talk about the three “must-dos” to create a life-long reader. They still hold true. Raising a Reader: my guest post on 49th Shelf.
Book Reviews
Detective fiction — enter our contest to win an ebook
If you’re trying to hook your teens on reading, introduce them to the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
Guinea PI(g): Pet Shop Private Eye. A reluctant PI with a mystery to solve
It’s a story about a reluctant guinea pig private eye.
Four picture books to get your kid reading
Here are a few books I think will hook kids into reading and keep them reading.
Bored reading to your child? Here’s one you’ll both love
The best way to “get kids reading” is to read to them. Sit them on your lap with a good book—as often as possible. But sometimes that can get a bit tedious, especially when what the child wants to read isn’t particularly interesting to you. Here’s a book that will […]
Wonderful middle-grade read: “Bog” (and it has trolls)
Kids love fantasy-based novels, but they’re not always well written and they don’t always send a positive message. Bog, a new middle-grade novel by Karen Krossing, does both while managing to be the kind of book kids will love. In Bog, trolls and humans exist within very different cultures. Trolls consider humans to […]
The Tweedles Go Electric, by Monica Kulling
It’s the dawn of the 20th Century and everyone’s getting into the coolest technology–cars. Everyone, that is, except the Tweedles. They’re content with their bikes and their horse-and-cart. Until one day, Mr. Tweedle makes an announcement: “We’re going modern. We’re buying a car!” The Tweedles don’t buy just any car, […]
Review–The Engelsfors Trilogy: “The Circle” and “Fire”
Review–The Engelsfors Trilogy: “The Circle” and “Fire”
Books to read before the movies come out
Buzzfeed has produced a terrific list of books to read this year before their corresponding movies come out. I’m a huge proponent of movies based on books because I think it helps to get kids reading. I call them “book extensions.” There are many other “book extensions,” including video games, websites […]
Getting kids writing – a book that worked for me
Just Write doesn’t beat around the bush. It tells you how to start, how to plan, how to plot and how to revise.
