Last night I had the opportunity to see Michael Sullivan give a talk at our town library entitled "Raising Boy Readers". Michael is an expert on this topic, and I soaked up a lot of useful information that any parent of a boy may find helpful.
We started out with some simply frightening statistics highlighting…
Gordie is going into Tom's class this week as a Mystery Guest reader and he needed a book idea. He came up with Owney, and it's a fabulous idea. Owney is written by Mona Kerby, (http://monakerby.com/) and she even maintains a blog about this inspirational story that you can follow: http://owneythemailpouchpooch.wordpress.com/
All of my children love…
My daughter is ten, and is a voracious reader. I was thrilled when she came home from my mother-in-law's house with a copy of a wonderful book called "Facing The Lion: Growing Up Maasai On The African Savanna." Two days later, she had read it cover-to-cover and told me how much she enjoyed it.…