The Well-Read Child

Press Release: Every two years, the ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee , with cooperation from ALSC’s Quicklists Consulti...

The World of Septimus Heap My daughter is nine, and while she reads books on her own, I feel very fortunate that...

I came across this article about children in grades 1-8 reading to cats in their local animal shelter. This is such a great idea to help chi...

       Hollow City is the follow up to Ransom Rigg's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children . I read Miss Peregrine's H...

  Hi friends - I'm happy to bring to you the first review by my very own first grader. We've read a few Junie B. Jones books and ...

Hi friends - long time, no talk. I'm finally back after the longest hiatus ever. The little baby who inspired me to start this blog is...

Hey y'all. It's been months since my last post - I've been taking a super long break because life has been so busy. However, I&#...

Here are this week's bestselling children's picture books from The New York Times . Pete the Cat has three spots on the list! Why do...

National Contest Open to Kids in Grades K-3; Panel of Acclaimed Honorary Judges to Review Top Twelve Entries              ARLINGTON, VA, No...

I hope everyone in the US had a great Thanksgiving. Today, I am sooo excited to take part in the "Dragon and Dangerous Princess" ...

After years of hearing so many good things about Kristin Cashore's Graceling books, I finally had the opportunity to read all three. In...

Whew...what a crazy summer it's been! I had some security issues with the blog, but everything seems to be resolved now. Work has been...

Hey ya'll. I'm having some technical difficulties and haven't been able to blog about the Quote of the Day or the Reading Challe...

Thanks to all who have guessed at yesterday's quote. Today's quote comes from one of my favorite childhood books that I've read ...

Thousands and thousands of years ago, a little boy named Kali was big enough to learn to hunt. After practicing shooting arrows, he sat d...

Tonight, we read 6 books, and as we were reading, I realized that there are some lines in books that just resonated with me, you know, the l...

We've been trapped inside due to a 100+ degree weather here in the DC area, so our evenings this week have been filled with reading. I...

It's officially been a week since we started the challenge. I feel like I need some sort of book ticker that can count the books read. H...

I'm so excited that some of you have joined the summer reading challenge! Our challenge thus far started on Friday. My goals include:...

My little chica will be starting Kindergarten in September. We attended the Kindergarten Open House at her school a couple of weeks ago whe...