Get Your Kids Reading This Summer – Pt. 5 Start a Book Club

Are you looking for some summer reading ideas for your kids?  How about a Kids Book Club?? You, or at least someone you know, are probably in a book club.  The popularity of book clubs in America (and maybe around the world?) is pretty amazing.  It would be interesting to know why people join book… Continue reading Get Your Kids Reading This Summer – Pt. 5 Start a Book Club

The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Book Review

The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg I read The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler for the first time when I was in college taking a Children’s Literature class.  I enjoyed the story line then and enjoyed it now.  But I have to say that re-reading it as… Continue reading The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Book Review

Dinosaur Cove Attack of the Tyrannosaurus – Book Review

Dinosaur Cove: Attack of the Tyrannosaurus If you have a young dinosaur lover in your house, this book series is a must-read! Children enjoy reading Attack of the Tyrannosaurus because it is a fun, exciting, and fast-paced book.  This is the story of Jamie, who has just moved to Dinosaur Cove, and Tom.  Because they are young boys and similar,… Continue reading Dinosaur Cove Attack of the Tyrannosaurus – Book Review

How to Get Your Kids Reading This Summer

Like probably everyone else, summer is one of my favorite times of year!  I really enjoy having my kids out of school and to be able to do fun things with them.  Of course, now they pretty much have their own schedules (being teens), but we still really enjoy our summers.  Reading probably isn’t on… Continue reading How to Get Your Kids Reading This Summer

Magic Marks the Spot – A Fun Pirate Tale

If you are looking for an adventurous, swashbuckling pirate tale then Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson might just be what you’re looking for!  Magic Marks the Spot is a fun, silly tale of a young girl, Hillary, who wants to become a pirate.  Her father, the Admiral, wants her to go to finishing school and… Continue reading Magic Marks the Spot – A Fun Pirate Tale

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ~ Book Review

When reading Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,  I almost put it down, several times, because I thought it was going to be really creepy!  The photographs, the beginning chapters all pointed to a creepy, horror story.  This book might even be categorized as a horror story. I was compelled, though, to continue reading, and  I’m glad I did!… Continue reading Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ~ Book Review