The Children’s Book Council (CBC) in association with Every Child A Reader, the CBC Foundation, announced the winners of the fourth annual Children’s Choice Book Awards at a gala in New York City on May 2nd as part of Children’s Book Week (May 2-8, 2011). Children across the country voted in record numbers for their [...]
Best Books for Boys: How to Engage Boys in Reading in Ways that Will Change Their Lives by Pam Allyn 176 pages, ISBN: 978-0545204552 When I was asked to review Pam Allyn's Best Books for Boys - How to Engage Boys in Reading in Ways That Will Change Their Lives, I didn't hesitate for [...]
I've spent so much time lately researching reading picks for my kids, stocking their bookshelves with all sorts of award-winning and popular titles, that when it finally comes time to reading myself, I often end up reading one of the books I've carefully chosen for.... my boys. I was almost ashamed to admit how lost [...]
Guest post by Alissa Sklar. Alissa Sklar is the mother of 3 daughters, a freelance writer for Montreal Families Magazine and other publications, and an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. My three daughters are voracious readers. Now that might be a strange way to start a blog on a [...]
As a child, Easter was always one of my favorite holidays. We used to spend it with some great family friends in Massachussetts, who happened to have a huge yard on the edge of a forest. Our parents used to prepare amazing Easter hunts for us, hiding eggs and chocolates all over the place. The [...]
The system worked. The deal was simple: boys, you want to watch TV, play your video games, borrow my iPhone, fine. But you have to read, too. At *least* an equal amount of time. That's how Reading Rewards was born, and it was a very simple system that worked brilliantly. They wanted to watch TV, [...]
Bedtime stories in our household have generally been daddy's domain. The boys are now reading on their own, and more interested in their own silent reading than read-alouds, which leaves us with our youngest, now aged 5. I spoke about my challenges with her English here, so lately I've taken a particular, personal interest in [...]
Last week, I did something I really should have done ages ago. I sorted through my sons' bookshelves, trying to make sense of the picture books, encyclopedias, comic books and novels they have been accumulating since.... well, birth. Some of the obvious ones had already migrated to my daughter's room ages ago, but lately I'd [...]
Many teachers use reading logs in the classroom and as homework assignments to encourage reading and comprehension among their students. But reading logs are often done individually, and cannot easily be shared by fellow students. Kids often complain about them, and they can actually become counter-productive. Here a few tips on how to make reading [...]
Yesterday was International Children's Book Day. For over forty years, this day has been celebrated “to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books.” Sponsored by The International Board on Books for Young People, this year’s theme is “The Book Remembers.” "The book remembers the time in which it was written" [...]