This post is brought to you by the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. All opinions are my own. As you know, I’m very passionate about promoting literacy. Summer reading isn’t just a way to kick back and relax for me, it’s practically an...
This is not a sponsored post. Promoting literacy is a cause that I am passionate about, and Story Time from Space is a spectacular way to get kids excited about reading. To kids, astronauts are just about the coolest people in the universe (I was going to say on the...
This is not a sponsored post, although I have worked with Scholastic Books in the past. I am passionate about encouraging literacy in children, which is why I am sharing it. The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge has officially launched. It’s perfect timing for...
I am excited to share Eternal Summer with you because some of my favorite people have stories in it! You know all those great book tours that give you a chance to win fabulous prizes and learn about new authors? Well, the majority of the ones that I run come from...
This summer reading post is brought to you by 5 Rockstars of the American Revolution by Christina Frei. I received a free copy of the book. My opinions are my own. I have a confession (don’t I always?): even though I’ve always loved learning about history,...
When I put out a call for contributions to my summer reading program, I received a wonderful email from a woman who wanted to share her mother’s love of Haiku poetry (a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five). Amy’s...
I received the Awesome Animals series books below in exchange for an honest review and feature in my summer reading series. All opinions are my own. Summer reading is supposed to be fun, right? What could be more fun than a series of books featuring Awesome Animals...
I saved the best part of my summer reading list series for last! While the summer reading books for school-age kids was more for my son’s age group, and the middle grade list for my cousin’s age, the summer reading list for young adults is where I’ll...
Remember last week when I shared my Summer Reading List for Preschool and Elementary school kids, I promised I’d be back with Middle Grade and Young Adult suggests? Thought I’d forget, didn’t you? I didn’t, aren’t you proud? As with that...
When it comes to a summer reading list, kids should be choosing their own books as much as possible, rather than reading a list designed by someone who doesn’t even know who, say, David Pilkey, is! Kids are told what they should read throughout most of the...