The Well-Read Child

This week's reading has been severely limited due to the flu, but please be sure to visit Amy at The Art of Irreverence who is hosting ...

I posted this last year around this time when I was serving as a panelist on the Cybils Middle Grade/Young Adult Nonfiction Panel. Since I...

When John Wilkes Booth learned that Abraham Lincoln would be attending a play at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, a theater Booth had ...

This week, we've been digging into some "older" books. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Her daycare provider...

Sara Zarr's latest young adult novel, Once Was Lost is a beautifully-written account of a teen girl's life-changing summer. Samara...

  Brimful Curiosities is hosting this week's What My Children Are Reading. Head on over to submit your link and to see what everyone...

The National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2009 National Book Awards today. Here are the finalists in the Young People...

If you've been browsing children's literature blogs and other book blogs, you've probably noticed a lot of recent posts about B...

Thank you to everyone who entered the Winter's Tail contest! Unfortunately, I could only offer the following prize pack to one winner: ...

We've been a little "off" this week with reading. My daughter has been much more interested in playing with some new puzzles a...

Happy Nonfiction Monday! It's been quite a while since I've done a Nonfiction Monday post because I haven't had a lot of time t...

Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie  by Maggie Stiefvater ( Blog , Website , Facebook ) Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie is the sequel to Lam...

Happy October! Here on the East coast, it's my favorite time of the year, and this week, Autumn has finally made an appearance. The cris...

Tomorrow, nominations for the 2009 Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards open up and will remain open until October ...

ATTENTION: This contest is now closed. Thank you for your entries!    Today I'm excited to be offering a huge prize pack in celebrat...

I'd like to offer a BIG THANKS to those of you who've signed up to host a Thursday in the coming weeks. There are still some Novembe...

Banned Books Week kicks off this Saturday, 9/26/09, and already there are some great posts talking about banned books and the importance of...

If you're going to be in the DC area next weekend or want to make a road trip, please check out the National Book Festival. It's fre...

Catching Fire is the sequel to The Hunger Games , and it truly is the book I’ve been most anticipating to read this year.It starts off a li...

Time for the latest edition of "What My Children Are Reading!" Here is what my little daughter and I have been reading recently. ...