Best Books for Children

Reader Challenge: Poetry for 5th Grade Girls’ Bookclub

For a reader challenge of poetry for a 5th grade girl book club, I recommend novels in verse with ideas for books and activities.

Best new book to read, Double Dog Dare by Lisa Graff, is a funny chapter book for grades 3-5 according to 4th grader PickyKidPix and me!

What age is appropriate for The Hunger Games movies? Do you think it matters if your child has read the book?

Today is Drop Everything and Read Day or DEAR day. What was your child’s first DEAR book? My little boy’s is Ninjago chapter books.

Please join me in a web chat with 2011 and 2010 Newbery Winning authors, Clare Vanderpool and Rebecca Stead.

Birds of North Captiva, Florida as seen through kids picture books and chapter books, photos and nature journals.

11-year-old Josh in 6th grade shares his favorite Top 10 chapter books.