The best way to share both needlework and reading with others, especially kids, is to enjoy the activities yourself. Joy is contagious. Working as a summer camp counselor with a bunk of […]

Children’s Book Week poster by Mary GrandPre. I read a lot of kids’ books, from picture books to chapter books to middle grade and young adult novels. Mike claims that I became […]

For many years now I’ve been engaged in an addictive, though deeply satisfying, affair. As with most relationships, this one has seen me through many troubles and even caused a few. Sometimes, […]

What’s on my mp3 player? Antarctica on a Plate, by Alexa Thomson. To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that […]

What’s on my nightstand? Bread and Roses, Too, by Katherine Paterson. If you forced me to name a single favorite children’s author, I just might say Katherine Paterson. I’ve read many of […]

So far in the Bookmark Challenge, when we’ve talked about literacy on the blog, we’ve focused primarily on new and early readers. Nothing beats instilling an early love of reading and building […]