Don’t you just love that there’s a book called Best Books for Boys: How to Engage Boys in Reading in Ways That Will Change Their Lives. Just reading Pam Allyn’s title and subtitle inspires and encourages me. Pam Allyn has spent years encouraging kids to read. In her writing, we can hear a special heart…
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On Reading: The Perfect Mother
Today we are pleased to welcome guest contributor Barbara Dee, author of Trauma Queen (linked to Jennifer’s review and giveaway) and This is Me from Now On. Was there ever a more perfect mom than Marmee? When I was growing up, I wished my mom was the matriarch of Little Women. Marmee never nagged you…
On Reading: Writing for a Middle Grade Audience…
… Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Details and Just Have Fun I’ve been asked to discuss writing for a middle grade audience. These are the kids who have moved on from picture books and early readers, but maybe don’t yet relate to the characters or situations in young adult or teen…
On Reading: For Expectant Mothers, and Beyond
We all know that pregnancy changes our bodies, our emotions, and how we understand the world. It’s no surprise that pregnancy and motherhood can also change what and how we read. Like a lot of women, I read voraciously when I became pregnant. A writer and professor, I was used to reading a book a…
What is Post-Dystopian Fiction? A dialogue from the author of the Lens and the Looker
The other week I was talking to a person who said she had really liked The Hunger Games trilogy and that she enjoyed all “dystopian” literature. “What a coincidence,” I said. “I write “post-dystopian” novels. “I’ve never heard of post-dystopian before,” she said, a look of interest gleaming in her eyes. “It’s a phrase I…
On Reading: Reading Aloud Poetry for Children
This Wednesday, March 9, is the 2nd Annual World Read Aloud Day, sponsored by LitWorld, an international nonprofit for literacy advocacy and education. LitWorld aims—among other things–to teach 1 million children to read by 2014, and the annual World Read Aloud Day was created to spread and celebrate the joy of reading. Writers, educators, and…
The Way of the Dragon
Back in May, we featured a guest column from author Chris Bradford and a giveaway of his first two books in the Young Samarai series. In honor of the third book being published in hardcover by the Disney Book group, we are reprinting the post, and also hosting a giveaway of Young Samurai: The Way…
Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Books on Screen
It’s Z-Dad and the Z-Kids from Bookie Woogie signing in! Thanks so much to 5 Minutes For Books for letting us share our thoughts on the latest Narnia movie. Earlier this year, our family re-read C. S. Lewis’ books for our own little “Summer of Narnia.” For our thoughts on the books (revealing additional information…
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