We all know about the importance of teaching children to love reading– not only does it teach language skills, but it is an excellent way to bond together.
Lately, reading to our toddler has become more of a chore than a pleasure. Sure, we all enjoy the time together and some of the stories are quite [...]
Tags: child development, How to, interactive books, learning to read, reading, story time
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I’ve been reading to my daughter since a few days after she was born. I even packed a few picture books in my hospital bag, but we were too busy trying to get the breastfeeding thing working that I didn’t read to her in the hospital.
Just the other night, my 15-week old daughter realized that [...]
Tags: books, children, Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Goodnight Moon, Grover, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, infants, Jan Brett, Karen Katz, Laura Numeroff, reading, The Hat
Posted in: Baby, Education, Reviews
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One of my favorite board books is The Rainbow Fish, a story about a fish with beautiful, shiny scales. I love the message in this tale: the other fish in the sea admire the Rainbow Fish?s scales and are envious of him. The Rainbow Fish gives many of his scales away, to the other fish. [...]
Tags: board books, children's books, Eating the Alphabet, reading, The Rainbow Fish, The Runaway Bunny
Posted in: Parenting, Reviews
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I don’t know if it’s global warming, but we are still playing outside and it’s November. The weather seems to be planning to return to it’s regularly scheduled broadcast, and there’s snow for later this week. So as is much more normal for this time of year, it’s time to find inside activities for my [...]
Tags: books, library, reading
Posted in: Baby
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This book offended the most library users in 2007 – and the year before too. Was it a political book? An explicit novel? An ultra-violent thriller?
Nope – it’s about penguins. And Tango Makes Three is a children’s picture book based on the true story of two male penguins, Roy and Silo, who lived as a [...]
Tags: children's books, Fathers, reading
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