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Wonderful Children’s Book and Education Bloggers to Raise Readers

  • 100 Scope Notes
  • A Book Long Enough
  • A Kids Book A Day
  • Afoma Umesi
  • Along Came Poppy
  • As We Walk Along the Road
  • Africa to America
  • All Done Monkey
  • American Indians in Children’s Literature
  • Archimedes Notebook
  • Beagles and Books
  • Bellis Does Books
  • Blazer Tales
  • Blue Bird Reviews
  • Book Bairn
  • Book Club for Boys
  • BookLoverJo
  • Book Monster Allies
  • Book Monsters
  • Books for Boys
  • Books. Iced Lattes. Blessed.
  • Books in the Middle
  • Books My Kids Read
  • Boy Mama Teacher Mama
  • Brain Power Boys
  • Buggy and Buddy
  • Chattering Librarian
  • Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac
  • Children’s Books Heal
  • Chouett
  • Colours of Us
  • CommonSenseMedia
  • Crafty Moms Share
  • Cutting Tiny Bites
  • Cybils
  • Delightful Children’s Books
  • Fantastic Fun and Learning
  • Father Reading Every Day
  • Frantic Mommy
  • From The Mixed-Up Files of MG Authors
  • Good Reads With Ronna
  • Growing Book by Book
  • Happily Ever Elephants
  • Happy Birthday Author
  • Here Wee Read
  • I’m Not the Nanny
  • Imagination Soup
  • InCultural Parent
  • Intentional Homeschooling
  • Jean Little Library
  • Jen Robinson’s Book Page
  • Julia’s Book Bag
  • Jump Into a Book
  • KC EDventures
  • Kids’ Book Blogs
  • Kid Lit Celebrates Women’s History Month
  • Kid Lit Frenzy
  • KidLit 411
  • Kid Lit Reviews
  • Kid World Citizen
  • Kids Read Good Books
  • Kristy’s Book Nook
  • Latin@s in KidLit
  • Library Girl and Book Boy
  • Library Mice
  • Lily and the Fae
  • Literacious
  • Mama Smiles
  • Mamma Flitz
  • MG Book Village
  • Mother Reader
  • Ms. Yingling Reads
  • Ms. Stephani Michelle
  • My Book Corner
  • My Shelves Are Full
  • Multicultural Children’s Book Day
  • Multicultural Kid Blogs
  • Muslims in KidLit
  • Nerdy Book Club
  • No Time for Flashcards
  • Nurture Store
  • Nyla’s Crafty Teaching
  • Picture Books Blogger
  • Pre-K Pages
  • Randomly Reading
  • Read It Daddy
  • Reading Confetti
  • Reading Rocks
  • Ready Set Read
  • Realm of Books
  • Research Parent
  • Sam Thomas
  • Samantha Cronin’s Kid Lit Library
  • Sleeping Should Be Easy
  • So I’m Fifty
  • Sprout’s Bookshelf
  • Stacey Loscalzo
  • Stacking Books
  • Story Snoops: Find Right Book for Tweens
  • Story Snug
  • Story Time Secrets
  • Teachers Who Read
  • Ten Books a Month
  • The 272 Book Blog
  • The Association of Jewish Libraries
  • The Bear and the Fox
  • The Brain Lair
  • The Book Chook
  • The Book Zone for Boys
  • The Children’s War
  • The Educators’ Spin on It
  • The Fourth Musketeer (Historical Fiction)
  • The Logonauts
  • The Jenny Evolution
  • The Measured Mom
  • The Nerdy Book Club
  • The Reader Teacher
  • The Story Sanctuary
  • This Kid Reviews Books
  • This Picture Book Life
  • This Reading Mama
  • Vamos a Leer
  • Watch. Connect. Read.
  • We(e) Read(s)
  • What Do We Do All Day?
  • Youth Literature Reviews

For more great bloggers and their book suggestions, please follow my Pinterest Board: Best Books for Kids. If you follow me on Pinterest, I also break the books down by genre.

wonderful kidlit blogs, children's book bloggers

 

Parenting and Education Blogs That Inspire Me

  • Carrots are Orange
  • Child Inner Fun
  • Coffee Cups and Crayons
  • Dagmar Bleasdale
  • Doodles and Jots
  • Expat Doctor Mom
  • Growing a Jeweled Rose
  • Honest Mom
  • Imagination Soup
  • In Lieu of Preschool
  • Inspiration Laboratories
  • Inspired by Family Magazine
  • JDaniel4’s Mom
  • KCEdventures
  • Let’s Lasso the Moon
  • Mama C and the Boys
  • Mamas Like Me
  • Mama Smiles
  • Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
  • Nerd Math Mom Fun
  • Parent Teach Play
  • Playing With Words 365
  • Red Ted Art
  • Teach Beside Me
  • Teach Mama
  • The Educators’ Spin on It
  • The Imagination Tree
  • Toddler Approved
  • What Do We Do All Day?

For more ideas on fun things to do with kids, please follow my Pinterest Board Fun Stuff for Kids, Parenting Share and Assist, and Kids Blogger Network Activities and Crafts.

 

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Freebielicious (first of the month), The Sunday Showcase, No Time for Flashcards, Mommy Mondays (check Sunday), Pin-it Mondays, Home+School=After School!, Monday Kid Corner, Teach Me Tuesday (link on Monday), Tuesday Tots, Hip Homeschool Hop, Tot School, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Mom’s Library, Adorned from Above (check Tuesday evening),  The Mommy Club, Works for Me Wednesdays, Wow Us Wednesdays, Show and Share Wednesday, We Made That Wednesday, It’s Playtime, Homeacre Hop, Weekly Kid’s Co-op, Shine on Friday (link on Thursday), Pin-Me Friday, The Pin Junkie(Friday), Homeschool Review (Friday), Friday Flash Blog, TGIF Linky Party, Peek into Paradise TGIF, Family Fun Friday, Sharing Saturday (check Friday), Show & Tell Saturday, Super Saturday (giveaways only; link on Friday), Show & Share Saturday Linkup, Serenity Saturday, Look What We Did.

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My books:

We Sing From the Heart picture book cover reveal of The Slants Simon Tam

We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants®  Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court

  • Junior Library Guild Gold selection

 Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

Cover Reveal: Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me

Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng

Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World

  • ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
  • Junior Library Guild Gold selection
  • Massachusetts Book Award Long List
  • dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
  • Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
  • 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
  • Green Earth Book Award Long List
  • Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
  • Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids

 Amazon / Barefoot Books / Signed or Inscribed by Me

cover for Sumo JoeChanging the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes by Mia WenjenAmazon / Scholastic / Signed or Inscribed by Me

The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship: An Insider’s Guide

How To Coach Girls by Mia Wenjen and Alison FoleyAsian Pacific American Heroes

13 thoughts on “KidLit Blogroll”

  1. Holli Fahnestock says:
    February 25, 2015 at 12:01 pm

    I really love your blog. I stumbled on to your Pinterest page and found your blog from there. You might want to consider another education blog that has some very passionate leaders writing for parents, teachers and students at 7 Mindsets.

    Reply
    1. Pragmatic Mom says:
      February 28, 2015 at 10:08 am

      Hi Holli,
      Thanks so much for the heads up about 7 Mindsets. I’ll check it out!

      Reply
  2. Natalie Tinti says:
    July 13, 2015 at 10:53 am

    Hi there,
    The recommended books from “Delightful Children’s Books” were also great educational books for babies and toddlers. Every parents should have them.

    Reply
    1. Pragmatic Mom says:
      August 15, 2015 at 12:44 pm

      Hi Natalie,
      I love Delightful Children’s Books blog!! Her blog is awesome! Thanks for the great kidlit book blog rec. I have her on my blogroll too!

      Reply
  3. Sierra @ Books. Iced Lattes. Blessed. says:
    June 12, 2020 at 3:35 pm

    This list is amazing! Thank you so much for featuring my blog! I am so grateful. I love following yours, too.

    Reply
  4. CC says:
    December 1, 2020 at 11:31 pm

    Do you review new authors children’s books?

    Reply
  5. Lilyfae says:
    December 19, 2020 at 8:53 pm

    Thank you SO much for featuring me on this awesome list!!! I feel very honoured to be featured here and inspired to discover so many more likeminded blogs!!! 💜💜

    Reply
  6. Gabriella Eva Nagy says:
    January 8, 2021 at 9:06 pm

    Loved the blog about children. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is also to train your mind to imagination to think big.
    Check out my blog on Tips on Creating a Heartwarming Book for Children
    Hope this will help.

    Thanks
    Gabriella

    Reply
  7. BookBug says:
    January 31, 2021 at 1:36 pm

    Check out https://kidsreadgoodbooks1.blogspot.com/ for some awesome stuff.

    Reply
    1. Pragmatic Mom says:
      February 1, 2021 at 10:30 am

      Thanks so much for the great recommendation BookBug! I added it to my KidLit Blogroll list!

      Reply
  8. Marcella Knottenbeld says:
    March 1, 2021 at 6:06 am

    Montessori items are important for growing babies and they really bring your kid’s skills up to the level. There are so many educational toys available online which can help your kids. Myluxeve is one of them and they have lots of products which can cheer up your baby along with giving them a boost to their developing mind. https://myluxeve.com/

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    August 30, 2021 at 4:49 am

    Thank you for sharing this information. I hope you share more info on the same topic.
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  10. Luthie M West says:
    November 26, 2021 at 6:09 pm

    I agree with every factor that you have pointed out. Thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts on this. A Guide to Choosing the Best Books for Kids

    Thanks!

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