Wordless picture books, you ask? What’s the point of a book with no words, you say? Well, check out this article by a fellow children’s librarian. She lists all the great things a wordless book can teach pre-readers, and gives a list of her top 10 favorite titles. Take a look! http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/top-ten-wordless-picture-books-by-kristen-remenar/
You’re all dying to know which school is leading after three weeks, right? Click through to find out how your school is doing in the Summer Reading Club Challenge!
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Mo Willems speaks to the id in all of us as Pigeon asks in the title of his latest book, The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
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Moon Over High Street by Natalie Babbitt This book was a fun and quick read about a boy who has to make a very grownup choice. He has to choose between a life with lots of money and security or the chance to follow his lifelong dream of studying the moon and space. What will he do? Although the genre of this book is
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Choose Your Own Adventure books have been a reading staple since they were first published in 1976, and I think almost everyone can remember reading at least one during their childhood.
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I, like most parents, probably didn’t grow up with texting. Cell phones didn’t outnumber home phones, and they were probably larger than a home phone too. Many of us adapt and embrace the new communication tool because we see the value of short messages. However, many children and teens see this as what the phone was built for. Why call somebody when texting is
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As a parent, I know it’s real easy to freak out a little bit and worry about if we’re making the right decisions for our children, they’re getting what they need, they’re happy, they’re developing appropriately, and on and on to infinity.
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