Making Reading Part of Your Child’s Life

May 14, 2010 – 10:21 am

It is a proven fact that reading benefits children of all ages. Hand-eye coordination is improved, vital language and social skills are developed, and lives are enriched all through reading a book. But, how do you get children interested in reading? Let us discuss this topic for specific age groups. Babies and Toddlers Introducing books [...]

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Parenthood

May 4, 2010 – 12:43 pm

The 1989 film Parenthood has inspired a TV show of the same name. I haven’t seen the show yet, but I have noticed some snappy ads on the streets. One sidewalk ad features the line, “Realizing you’ve become your father”—funny and true.

By Jason Low | Posted in Dear Readers, Musings & Ponderings | Tags: , | Comments (6)

Mother’s Books

April 27, 2010 – 3:20 pm

With Mother’s Day coming up next month, we’ve been thinking about mothers in books. There are plenty of mothers in picture books, but they are rarely involved in children’s novels; I remember reading an essay by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (sadly, I can’t find it online—it was in the March 2009 Horn Book Magazine) in which [...]

By Miriam | Posted in Musings & Ponderings | Tags: , , , | Comments (5)
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