I wanted to share Maria Gianferrari‘s great Caldecott and Newbery picks that she left in my comments: My vote for the Caldecott goes to Marla Frazee’s The Farmer and the Clown–I LOVE this book! It’s funny and touching–I laughed and cried I also loved Kelly DiPucchio’s Gaston w/ Christian Robinson’s amazing art, and The Right…
14 Best Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books: Cybils 2015 Shortlist
I am thrilled to be judging the Cybils in the category of Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books but mum’s the word on my opionion of the short list until the winners are announced on February 14th (also International Book Giving Day!). All I can say is that this is a great list for emerging…
Helping Women in Haiti Rebuild Their Lives
Please welcome my work friend Jeradina today. She is guest posting on a cause that is near and dear to her heart: helping women in Haiti rebuild their lives through an organization called Trades of Hope. ———— Monday, January 12th marks the 5th anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. When the disaster struck many of…
Books to Get Your Young Gamer Reading
My son and I LOVED the Max Finder by Liam O’Donnell graphic novel mystery series when he was in first and second grade. These short mysteries were HARD to figure out; sometimes the two of us would be right, sometimes we missed the mark entirely. But, Liam’s books worked beautifully to keep my son reading and…
Caught in the Act … of READING
Thank you to everyone who sent me photos of their kids caught reading. They are wonderful! As always, I will send you a children’s book for each photo. Please email me at pragmaticmomblog (at) gmail (dot) com. This Family Circus cartoon is courtesy of Ann of Doodles and Jots who sent it to me by…
Top 10 YA Books and Kid Lit Blog Hop
My friend Ginny sent me this list. We both have high school freshman girls and she must know that I’m always searching for books to present to Grasshopper and Sensei to keep her reading. Now that our girls are in high school, they no longer have assigned reading logs. While they get assigned books to read…
Bootstrap Marketing 101 for Authors
I thought I would talk about branding, SEO, and social media marketing for authors even though I am not an author, nor have ever marketed a book. So then, you might ask, why would I be qualified to talk about bootstrap marketing for anyone, let alone authors? Thanks for asking. When I was twenty years…