I will be posting reviews of parenting books and personal books that I am reading! For this blog I am posting a review for House Rules, by Jodi Picoult. I found this book to be very educational for me. I know Jodi Picoult does research for her novels to covey whatever topic she is writing about accurately. This novel deals with a teenage boy who has Asperger's Syndrome. Since I am a former teacher, I have worked with a few kids with this … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday Book Hunt – WIN $5 Dunkin’ Donuts Gift Card
August 17, 2011 by · 6 Comments
Name this Book Cover (only a portion of the cover shown)!To WIN your $5 Dunkin' Donuts Gift Card, you MUST be a Google Friend Connect (GFC) follower on this blog. If you are not, just click on it on the right sidebar to become a follower!The first GFC follower that gets the correct book title in the comment section will win! PLEASE put your email in the comment section as well so I can get in touch with you if you are the winner!GOOD LUCK!!! … [Read more...]
Kids’ Book Review Day: “We Are in a Book!”
August 15, 2011 by · 2 Comments
The "Elephant and Piggie" series by Mo Willems (author/illustrator) is another great book series near the top of our list! We have collected many of them in hardback! Our favorite is We Are in a Book! Here is what we like best about it (and the others as well):1. VERY easy to read - Great for kids learning to read (only books my daughter would start with because they were interesting/funny to her)2. Uses entertaining story lines - simple … [Read more...]
ATTENTION!! – Usborne Book Giveaway at 100 Followers!
August 13, 2011 by · 7 Comments
Get your friends to follow this site!!! At 100 followers there will be an Usborne Book Giveaway! All you need to do is be a follower of this site to enter!!! Usborne is a company with fabulous educational books for kids!!! Good luck!!! … [Read more...]
Friday Discussion Day – Today’s Topic: Virtual Book Club
August 12, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
We are going to have our "Virtual Book Club" meetings on Friday nights at 8pm! We can discuss on Twitter with a #hashtag that I will assign that week for the book. Virtual Book Club will meet on-line once a month! We can do the first Friday of the month! This will make the first meeting on Friday, September 2, 2011! We will meet from 8-9pm on Twitter! Our first book will be Loving Frank by, Nancy Horan. If you've already read it, please … [Read more...]
What is Mommy Reading? – “Shanghai Girls”
August 11, 2011 by · 7 Comments
I will be posting reviews of parenting books and of personal books I am reading! For this first blog I am posting a review for Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See. I read this book just a little while ago with one of my book clubs (I'm in two)! It got good reviews from the club, and personally I really enjoyed the book! I've been to Japan twice, so reading anything with an Asian influence and that discusses Asian culture I usually tend to find … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday…..
August 10, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Reading is for EVERYONE!!! … [Read more...]
Helpful Tips on Teaching Kids to Read
August 9, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Learning to read comes at all different ages. Don't be worried if early on your child seems to be not at the exact same level as his/her peers. Here are some tips to help kids become interested in reading and learn to read:1. Keep books around the house! If kids are surrounded by books, then they will become interested in wanting to pick one up and look at it. My husband balks at the idea of having toys in the house, but books are one thing … [Read more...]