photo by Theresa Thompson www.flickr.com *Picture book for preschoolers through first graders *Young boy as main character *Rating: Friday My Radio Flyer Flew is a simple, sweet story with absolutely amazing, amazing illustrations. Your young readers will LOVE it! Short, short summary: A young boy finds his dad’s Radio Flyer red wagon in the garage. [...]

I am sharing my pets with you today (Chester the boxer and Hush Puppy the basset hound) because I am an animal lover. And because I am an animal lover, I also want us to take a trip back and remember the book The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford. Many of you have probably seen [...]

photo by George Donnelly www.flickr.com While doing research for another article I was writing and thinking about yesterday’s Tuesday Tales book, Fussy Freya, I found this really interesting website: Fast Food Facts. There are a lot of websites out there that will compare fast food meals for you. They will put the menu items in [...]

photo by H Dickins www.flickr.com I picked up this book at the library immediately because most parents I know, including myself and my husband, deal with a fussy eater. My stepson is not terrible, but there’s still some days when he will throw me for a loop over something he won’t eat. That’s kind of [...]

At my stepson’s parent teacher conference last week, we had an interesting conversation about how he is feeling different. He goes to reading and math class for help in these areas; and being in third grade, he is finally starting to care that he is not doing the same thing as everybody else in his [...]

*Middle-grade/tween book, contemporary and realistic *Middle-school boy as main character *Rating: While listening to the audio book, I laughed out loud in several parts and said, “Oh no!” in others. Jeff Kinney knows how to write for this age group and the parents who are peeking in. Short, short summary:Diary of a Wimpy Kid by [...]

photo by jelene www.flickr.com When I was little, I loved my Little Golden Books, and I had a bunch. From The Poky Little Puppy to The Little Red Caboose to my favorite–We Like Kindergarten, I listened to my parents read me those stories over and over again until I could read them myself. I also [...]

This week is “Teen Read Week,” which is a week encouraging teens to read something out of this world (this year’s theme). YALSA sponsors this week. Another fun blog, Readergirlz, has their own set of ideas for Teen Read Week, which you can see in their poster that I included here. I decided to make [...]

I am excited to host author and illustrator Rebekah Raye on Read These Books and Use Them today with her new book Bear-ly There, published by Tilbury House. Along with this great publishing company, I’ve got a lot to share with you today, so let’s get started! CONTEST! CONTEST! FABULOUS CONTEST!!!!! **First of all, Tilbury [...]

photo by D’Arcy Norman www.flickr.com Okay, so it’s Maniac Monday, and I’m finally posting that interview for you about using technology in the classroom (a third-grade classroom) and an eMINTS program. If you aren’t familiar with eMINTS, then you will want to check out the link. In a nutshell, simplified terms, an eMINTS classroom uses [...]