21 Must-Read Christmas Stories for Kids
From Christmas stories around the world, to the timeless classics you remember from your own childhood, here are 21 must-read Christmas stories for kids.
How to pick the right books for your kids: 10 top tips!
How does one help reluctant readers pick a book they won't want to put down? Here are my top tried and tested ways to get your kids reading.
Top picks for your kids this holiday season
Looking for some great reads for the children in your life? Check out our updated post on the most popular children's books on Reading Rewards. November isn't even over and one of my younger son's favorite activities of late is 'working on his Christmas list'. This involves browsing the websites [...]
Top picks for a reluctant reader boy
Looking for some great reads for the children in your life? Check out our updated post on the most popular children's books on Reading Rewards. We've had a couple of reading a-ha moments lately that I just had to share. While my older guy has gotten hooked on The Hunger Games [...]
Winners of the 2011 Children’s Choice Book Awards!
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 [...]
Why I raid my kids’ bookshelves
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 [...]
Books Boys Love – Part 2
Looking for some great reads for the children in your life? Check out our updated post on the most popular children's books on Reading Rewards. Continuing on from my earlier post about Books Boys Love... I've been compiling a list of popular children's books from our Reading Rewards website that [...]
Books Boys Love – Part 1
Looking for some great reads for the children in your life? Check out our updated post on the most popular children's books on Reading Rewards. After more than 12 months of readers logging their reading minutes and book reviews on Reading Rewards, I thought I'd take a look and see which [...]
The Power of a Book
How I believe in the power of a book. I actually remember the first book I ever 'read': sitting on my father's lap, and feeling his pride (and my own) as I read Dr. Seuss's Hop On Pop. Cup, pup, pup in cup. I suppose much of it was from memory but I'll never forget [...]
Why I love Madeline
Much to my dismay, my 5 year-old daughter does not speak English. As an English-speaking (a.k.a 'anglo') Montreal native, this is really quite devastating. How did this happen? My 2 boys were born in the UK. Although we never really discussed things, it was clear: my French husband would speak to the boys in French, [...]