We love books. All kinds of books. Novels and short stories. Fiction and picture books. The only problem with books is that we don’t have enough time to read them all! A book club is a great way to delve even deeper into the world of book lovers. It is a lot of fun to […]
World Read Aloud Day is coming! Held this year on Wednesday, February 1st, and sponsored by Scholastic , World Read Aloud Day calls attention to the powerful act of just simply reading aloud. Some of us may have unpleasant memories of having to read aloud in class during our school years. We may have felt […]
Author Deedee Cummings’ inspiration for her Modern-Day K series of books came from watching her own daughter, Kayla Pecchioni, have a dream and succeed at making it come true. As a young girl, Kayla loved to dance and sing- everywhere- all the time. “I look back on a period of life when Kayla was about […]
While many of us recognize that Martin Luther King Jr. was an inspirational figure in American history, in the busyness of our lives we may forget at times just how empowering and brilliant his words were. As the time nears to commemorate him, we might wonder how we can model ourselves after a man who […]
Multicultural Children’s Book Day is both a nonprofit organization and an event. Celebrated in the last week of January since 2012, the event has donated over 10,000 books to underserved children, classrooms, and organizations. This coming year the event will be held in the evening on Thursday, January 26, 2023, and it is a mission […]
There is often a great deal of hype around the start of the new year. Lots of people make resolutions to get fit or lose weight or set reading challenges for the year. It can feel exciting to mark a fresh start for yourself, and some of us really like and are motivated by the […]
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