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Truth and Story
By Megan Saben |
(Note: Betsy and I are indebted to Ethan Pettit, librarian and Children's Literature professor from Covenant College, who enlightened us so much in seeing Christ ...
Read More I am NOT a Reader
By Megan Saben |
I am not a reader. I am not a writer, despite childhood ambition. I am not a knitter, though I used to claim that identity. ...
Read More How to Raise a Reader by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo
By Janie Cheaney |
How to Raise a Reader focuses less on the “Why” and more on the “How” of fostering a love of literature in your own children. ...
Read More Mighty Reader and the Big Freeze by Will Hillenbrand
By Janie Cheaney |
Mighty Reader saves the day in this loveable picture book about learning to love books. Mighty Reader and the Big Freeze by Will Hillenbrand. Holiday ...
Read More Voyages of Discovery, or, How NOT to “Teach Reading”
By Janie Cheaney |
Last Sunday marked the 527th anniversary of the day Christopher Columbus first laid eyes, all unknowingly, on "The New World." That discovery radically changed world ...
Read More Momlife: A Guest Post about Reading as a Mom
By Betsy Farquhar |
We welcome Bridgette Boudreaux today as she shares about her reading life as a mom. Welcome, Bridgette! To start is great, to finish is divine ...
Read More 2019 Reading Challenge for Kids and Teens
By Betsy Farquhar |
updated 10/21/19 READERS: Find info about the 2020 Reading Challenge here! The 2019 Reading Challenge for Kids and Teens Our 2019 Reading Challenge for Kids ...
Read More The Continuing Legacy of Gladys Hunt
By Janie Cheaney |
Announcing a series of NEW posts from Gladys Hunt, author of Honey for a Child's Heart and Honey for a Teen's Heart. Several months ago, ...
Read More Ask-a-Librarian: Professional Development for Nonprofessional Readers
By Betsy Farquhar |
Ask-a-Librarian is an occasional feature in which we answer a reader's question. Feel free to send us questions you think would be good for this space! (Use ...
Read More Help! My Kid is Developing Brain Cavities!
By Betsy Farquhar |
Maybe your kids, like mine, have recently read classic novels. Maybe your family, like mine, has been reading a biography of a famous scientist ...
Read More Five Reasons to Read for Pleasure in College
By Hayley Morell |
I am a college student. I am also an avid reader. As I talk to fellow students, I have realized that it is a rarity to ...
Read More Raising “Wild” Readers
By Megan Saben |
How do you teach the pleasure of reading to non-readers? Convinced by research studies and personal experience that worksheets and conventional methods of teaching literary ...
Read More Rocket Reads and Writes; Charlie Joe Does NOT
By Janie Cheaney |
In keeping with our back-to-school focus: if you haven't met little Rocket, you really should. As for Charlie Joe, well . . . How Rocket ...
Read More Raising Readers: An Interview with Alan Jacobs
By Janie Cheaney |
Alan Jacobs is Professor of Literature at Wheaton College, where he went to teach for two semesters and stayed for 28 years. Teaching is his ...
Read More Stalking the Elusive Boy Reader
By Janie Cheaney |
Supposedly, one of the most-asked questions in children's publishing divisions is, "Will boys read it?" Will boys read anything? Or only books that have "butt" ...
Read More It’s a Book by Lane Smith
By Janie Cheaney |
It's a Book by Lane Smith. Roaring Brook Press, 2010. 32 pages. Reading Level: Picture book, ages 4-8 Recommended for: ages 10-12 and up Bottom ...
Read More The Whole Counsel of God: Complementing Your Story Bible
By emily |
The claim that a story Bible isn’t actually a Bible may seem a bit shocking at first. I mean, it’s got the word "Bible" right ...
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