Please welcome author Mark Maciejewski with a book list on how to get boys reading, even reluctant ones. His answer? Humor! It works! He wrote a hilarious book about a bald, middle school outcast and we are giving away three signed copies! I Am Farticus by Mark Jaciejewski Chub is a short, accidentally bald, middle…
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…
Thank you to everyone who has sent in a photo! Kids caught in the acting reading makes me very, very happy! How is summer reading going for you? If you send me a photo to pragmaticmomblog (at) gmail (dot) com, I’ll send you a book! (I’m sorry but I can only send books to the United…
Reading strategies for getting kids to love to read: Book Love by Melissa Taylor of Imagination Soup.
7th grade reluctant reader boy challenge: More books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and books about skateboarding.
Do you have to read to your kids to get them to be great readers? SlimyBookworm.com poses an interesting question. Get them to read to you instead!
Is the luck of the Irish a gift from the gods or the result of hard work? Chapter book Beyond Lucky explores this idea with a soccer coming of age story.