The Well-Read Child

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...

A bookmobile frequently visited the little valley where I spent the first five years of my life. The closest "real" library was ...

Happy New Year! I'm super excited about the new books 2012 will bring, and when looking back on my favorites of 2011, Sara Zarr's ...

My little girl is going into her third month of Pre-K, and she's having soooo much fun. I think I was more excited than her when she b...

Sometimes I'll see a picture book, and without even opening it, will know that I'll love it. That's what happened with Eric Ro...

My four-year-old often tells me, "It's really hard to be good all day." Ralph the Racoon has a different problem. He is so ...

I'm always finding surprises in drawers, boxes, and closets that my little four-year old explorer finds on our nature walks - pine cones...

We had a super busy summer, and I stayed true to my promise of spending more time with the kids and family and less time on the computer. I ...

Alphabet books are a dime a dozen, but once in a while, I come across truly unique alphabet books, and Leslie McGuirk's If Rocks Could S...

Donalyn Miller, aka, The Book Whisperer is hosting her third annual Book-A-Day challenge. (Thanks to Jen Robinson for tweeting about it and...

Aaron Mead, who blogs at Children's Books and Reviews , recently interviewed me about The Well-Read Child and my thoughts on reading an...

When a Dragon Moves In by Jodi Moore, illustrated by Howard McWilliam When a little boy builds a sandcastle at the beach, an impressive f...

I just learned of this awesome book fair Guys Lit Wire is holding for Ballou Senior High School in Washington, D.C. When the fair was annou...