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Fun books teach adaptability
An unknown sage once wrote: "Change is often desirable, frequently necessary and always inevitable." That's a powerful statement of truth....
Take a break, read a book for fun
School is a full-time job. The better part of the day, five days a week, is spent in class. Then there's homework to do at night and often on the weekends. And many kids are involved in extracurricular activities: sports, lessons of one kind or another, clubs and so on....
Great books share important messages
There is so much we need to teach our children, and the time allotted to execute this task is brief. Of all the tools we hope to instill in our children, those that are most important are often the most difficult: being honest in understanding who we are; having the courage to step outside of oursel...
Great books feed curious minds
The dictionary defines "curious" as "having a desire to investigate and learn." I think that pretty much describes all of us. In early childhood, for example, children are curious about everything, eager to harness information about the world around them. If people weren't curious, we couldn't progr...
The public library is a house of wisdom
When I was a little girl, I used to ride my bicycle to the library. I loved walking down the long, narrow stacks of books, knowing that something special could be found in any one of the titles. I particularly liked the smell of books, especially old books....
Books impart 'living lessons'
We've all seen it: the one shoe on the side of the road. Bizarrely, that sighting has taken place more times than we could count. I can't fathom the reason for this "one shoe" phenomenon, so I'll chalk it up to one of life's (probably unsolvable) mysteries....
Fathers – read aloud to your kids
Mem Fox is the author of many popular books for children and adults. She is also a former professor of literacy education. Harcourt has recently published her updated and revised edition of "Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever." I would urge everyone to g...
Good news about fiction
I've been extolling the importance of reading fiction stories to kids for more than 26 years for various reasons. Finally (although a wee bit late in the timeline), I can report some compelling information in actual studies that supports what I've been saying all along — that reading fiction h...
Share books about kindness
We cannot help but be affected by our life experiences — the actions of people we know or observe, the words we hear (and don't hear), the books we read, the friendships we forge and so on....
The importance of baby books
Reading a baby or toddler book requires a little imagination on your part to get your child to really look at the book and begin to experience the joys that reading can bring....
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