The Well-Read Child

So far so good on my challenge to read every day with my kids. We've had a lazy and rainy weekend, perfect for sitting inside and readin...

Wow - it's 2011. This year marks 11 years of living and working in the DC area, 13 years of togetherness with the hubs, and eight years ...

Happy New Year everyone! Today, the shortlists for each of the 11 categories in the Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Aw...

One of my favorite memories of Christmas was making ornaments with my Aunt Marian. She dabbled in ceramics, and my brother, sister, and I wo...

Having been a fan of Louis Sachar's work since reading and subsequently teaching Holes to my middle schoolers back in my former life as...

So, I'm way behind on blog reading and just came across Mary Lee's " 100 Things About Me as a Reader " at A Year of Readin...

Finding the time to review and blog continues to be challenging, but reading every day with the kids is still a top priority. Both kids are ...

Today is Mailbox Monday, and here are the goodies that arrived in my mailbox since last Monday. Maple Tree Press sent: How Football Wor...

So, I'm participating in Mailbox Monday for the first time ever. Not sure why it took me so long because I love reading other Mailbox Mo...

Happy Nonfiction Monday, a day when we celebrate great nonfiction for kids and young adults. Today, I'm offering a review of a new n...

On Sundays, we try to have a relaxing day with the kids before the craziness of the new week begins, and one of our favorite activities is t...

If you haven't stopped by the Cybils website and nominated your favorite children's and young adult books of the year, please do so...

With a super busy 8-month-old who is not so gentle with things, especially books, I've remembered how important it is to have a stash of...

Last Fall, I read and reviewed Sally M. Walker's Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland.  This is a book abou...

Today marks the beginning of this year's Banned Books Week. I stopped questioning why others decide to challenge and ban books. It makes...

I finally had some time to read over the weekend and finished Mockingjay , THE most highly-anticipated book of the year for me. This is more...

I haven't updated the slideshow of kids reading on my blog for a while now. If you'd like me to post a picture of your child reading...

I've been reading so many great books with my little ones lately, and lots of reviews are in the works. While I'm working on those, ...

Always a fan of a great story, Clever Jack Takes the Cake is a new story with an old-fashioned fairy tale feel. Upon receiving an invitatio...

We're gearing up for a 6+ hour road trip in the upcoming weeks, and I was hoping to check out some audio books from the library for my...