Grasshopper and Sensei and PickyKidPix both discovered Roald Dahl in third grade. I think it was the first chapter book author they really fell in love with. Now that my youngest is in third grade, I hope that the magic of Roald Dahl happens again for him and his class. In honor of Roald Dahl…
I lured my son out to the dog park which is a wooded path around a reservoir with the promise of finding sticks for making bows and arrows. Left to his own devices, he will stay in front of screens for hours upon hours. We made several trips in search of sticks, which are excellent,…
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Does your child love butterflies? Explore these butterfly books for kids, from the metamorphosis of a caterpillar to nonfiction facts. Butterflies are all colors of the rainbow and exist all over the world, so why not have a multicultural round-up of children’s books as well? We visited the Butterfly Garden exhibit at the Museum of…
It’s almost time to go back to school and starting a new school can be fraught with anxiety. I thought I would do a round-up of starting Kindergarten and/or Preschool books with a multicultural slant. I found 10 Multicultural Starting School Books for Kids. I chose them because either the story is multicultural, the author is a…
Please welcome my guest blogger, Natalie Dias Lorenzi. Natalie Dias Lorenzi is a librarian in Fairfax County, Virginia. Her debut middle grade novel, Flying the Dragon, was published last year by Charlesbridge. Follow her on Twitter (@NatalieLorenzi) or visit her website at www.nataliediaslorenzi.com. As a school librarian, I often see kids get excited when they connect with characters and…
This is the last installment of my school’s Summer Reading 2013 list: A Collaboration of the Newton Public School Library Teachers & the Newton Free Children’s Librarians. I wanted to share my list with you since it’s likely on your library shelves. And I’ll use your list for the same reason. The rest of the…