Funny children’s books that make us laugh are doubly delightful. We laugh as we read them, and the characters with their stories often become part of our family culture. Inside jokes, memories of reading the books together (such as when dad squirted milk through his nose because he was laughing so hard), and nicknames for…
It’s almost summer so we are back with a treat for the entire family. We are so excited to bring you this fun summer reading program of books, ideas, and helpful tips to encourage kids to read all summer long. This is our seventh year doing the summer reading program. This year we are dusting…
It’s summer!! And summer means it’s time for the Traveling Through the Pages Summer Reading Adventure. We are so excited to bring you this fun summer reading program of books, ideas, and helpful tips to encourage kids to read all summer long. We also created a set of Morning Time plans to go with this…
It’s that time again. Time for the Traveling Through the Pages Summer Reading program. We are happy to be bringing you another great year of fun featuring book selections by Jessica Lawton, art by homeschooler Katherine Weaver, and administration (aka grunt work) by yours truly. This is our sixth year doing the summer reading program. This…
I had a lot of fun this year getting a reading list ready for all your little astronauts out there who are racing across space. But then we thought about you. Wouldn’t you like to race across space too? So Pam and I got together with another friend, Julia (we can’t lie — we were sitting by…
That Shakespeare was one party guy. How else could he have written all those fabulous plays and poems without a ton of life experience. He is also a fun guy to celebrate. When Shakespeare lets you blow out the candles on his birthday cake and play games in his honor then you know he has…
I love going to the library with my kids. I love picking out books for my daughter that I remember reading. Each one is a forgotten treasure suddenly found. Before I know it poor Ruth is saying, “Mom, I think I have enough!” These Newbery Award winners are also forgotten treasures. Some I remember reading…
As a mother of three girls and only one boy I am afraid to say that our book choices may be a bit lopsided. This got me thinking, What do boys like to read anyway? To find out, I interviewed a friend’s ten year old son. His answers were nothing earth shattering, but his attitude toward…
One of the things I love most about summer is that there is just so much more time to read what you want to read. School is out, the days are longer, and many of our activities from the school year come to a stop for a couple of months. Hot afternoons, long car trips,…
Summer reading is the sort of reading I remember most growing up. Sure, I remember a few of the more memorable books, good and bad, we read in school, but books read in the summer camp out in a different part of my memory. They are the books full of whimsy, smiles, adventure, and enchantment….
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