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Personalized Kids’ Books Pack More Reading Punch

Enrich Your Child’s Reading Experience with Personalized Storybooks 

If you think books about adventures, dinosaurs and princesses make great gifts for kids, then wait till you give a child a book about something(or someone) way cooler …. him!

When I spoke to Maia Haag of I See Me Inc a while ago about personalized books for kids, she brought up an interesting point. [...]

Children’s Books – Why Buy When You Can Rent?

Reading to Kids Doesn’t Have to Cost a Fortune

Let me ask you this. Does a trip to the book store end up lightening your pocket book a little more than you expected it to? 
And do you have a hard time picking the best books to read with your kids or keeping up with age-appropriate titles?

The Dilemma Surrounding Children’s [...]

Reasons to Read to Your Child in Your Mother Tongue

Have you ever read to your child in a language you don’t usually read in?

It’s a parenting experience like none other.  And you shouldn’t miss a chance to try it if you can.

Although my daughter is fluent in our mother tongue( Tamil), we haven’t really read many books written in Tamil with her. We’re teaching [...]

Nurturing Compassion by Reading to Kids

My 3-year old demands to know what an earthquake is, why it happens and what will happen to all the babies trapped under the rubble in Haiti. We listen to the news as I drive her to daycare and back everyday and she puts two and two together. She watches us discuss the situation, the [...]

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 [...]

­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 [...]

Read to baby Tip # 4 – It’s never too late.

If you want to read to your child, start today. (Even if you have never read aloud before)

You may have heard how reading to babies from birth benefits them in various ways – making them smarter, improving their language and communication skills, boosting their confidence levels, enhancing their reading comprehension and writing skills and basically, [...]

Want to Raise a Bookworm? Continue to Make Reading Fun!

I hadn’t read or heard about Emma Walton Hamilton’s book, Raising Bookworms, when I started this blog a few months ago. I picked it up a few days ago and found to my delight that a lot of what she says, is what I believe in as well. I can’t tell you how good it [...]

Saturday’s Read to Baby Tip 1

Enjoy Family Story Time

Story time at book store – Fancy Nancy’s Splendiferous Christmas

As you can probably tell, I am a big fan of story time sessions at the library and reading events for kids at book stores. I have always loved spending time around books, although I am no voracious reader by any stretch [...]