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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…

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

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…

Dinosaur Cove Attack of the Tyrannosaurus – 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,…

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ~ Book Review
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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!…