How to Take Your Child to the Bookstore: Part One
This January, I started working part time at a local independent bookstore in my area. It's my first foray into retail since I worked at...
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- Feb 14, 2019
If You Want To Go Far, Go Together: The Companionship of Reading Aloud
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: It is the...
Grace McKinney
- Feb 7, 2019
A Great Conspiracy: Nurturing Character Through Literature
I'm sitting with around a hundred other fifth graders in the frontmost rows of the school auditorium, waiting for the last weekly...
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- Aug 29, 2018
In Defense of Monsters: What Dark Books Teach Children About Empathy and Adversity
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can...
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- Jun 1, 2018
Summer Reading Tips: Slow the Slide
This article was originally written for Literati, the premier children's book club. Looking for a fresh subscription box experience? Keep...