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When you read to your baby, is the author in the picture?

Dashka Slater, Nancy Tafuri, Eric Carle, Jim Arnosky, Sheila White Samton, Bob Staake.

I don’t really know them. But I think if my 3 yr old daughter met them on the street, she’d most likely give them a hug. Or two. You see, they’re a part of her life now. She comes across their names [...]

Raising a Generation of Readers 2

Reading to Kids Besides Your Own

(contd from Raising a Generation of Readers 1)

So, we’ve established that reading to kids is important. Not just our own kids, but to those who don’t have the benefit of being raised in an environment which comprises of books and reading.

There is no question – if we want our kids [...]

Personalized Children’s Books – Interview with Maia Haag

You could probably come up with hundreds of reasons why books make the most wonderful gifts.  Classics, picture books, board books, bedtime stories, fairy tales…how great is it that you’ll NEVER run out of choices when picking out a book as a gift?

But if I had the time and was looking for a really special [...]

­Raising a generation of readers – 1

Raising a better, smarter, more compassionate generation starts with reading to your baby from an early age, but it certainly doesn’t stop there.

Why reading to your baby everyday isn’t enough

We know that reading to babies and interacting with them is one of the greatest gifts we can give them. The [...]