What’s on my nightstand? Archer’s Quest, by Linda Sue Park. The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity. –Thomas Carlyle Reading a book is like re-writing […]
Weekend Book Quotes
Read Aloud America Book List 2008
Does reading aloud to children really make a difference in how well they do in school? Yes! According to the Children’s Literacy Initiative, “education experts agree that reading aloud at home is […]
Bookmark Challenge Updates
Janet from The Cross Stitch Station in Miami, FL, reports that Royal Palm Chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild has taken up the Bookmark Challenge. Members are stitching bookmarks to add to […]
Singing Praises of Books
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 Choice Book Awards
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 […]
Guest Blogger: Lynne Nicoletti
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, […]
