Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
Graphic novels for kids ages 2 and up including YA graphic novels.
It’s not easy getting my teenage son to read for pleasure these days! Once my kids hit high school, I give up on coercing them to read on their own since they have a lot of reading assigned to them. My son is a high school freshman now and these are the books that he…
Personally, we always start the summer off with good intentions and high hopes. I generally take my kids to the book store to get them excited to read. With close monitoring and a lot of reminding, my kids generally make it halfway to their summer reading goal. It’s that last month of summer where the…
This Halloween book round-up includes picture books, a graphic novel, and a picture book biography. I’m giving away Peppa Pig and the Halloween Costume and a prize pack for The Mortification of Fovea Munson To enter to win either prize, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. On Halloween, kids love to have fun. They…
Graphic novels got my son reading independently. I can vouch that they are a great tool for literacy, especially for getting reluctant readers reading. According to Healthy Teen Network, graphic novels: helps students encode information more readily, improving their reading comprehension because they combine text with graphics help develop vocabulary, especially for those with learning disabilities…
I’m sharing this giveaway in partnership with Scholastic! I credit Dav Pilkey and his Captain Underpants series with getting my son reading so I’m thrilled to giveaway two Captain Underpants books in honor of the new movie! Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. As I always tell my kids, the book…