Did you know learning about math begins early? I'm not talking learning to add and subtract, I'm talking about foundational math skills ,...

Recently I was attending a webinar overview of a new online product with digital books for kids. Overall, the product was nice, and will...

Some recent YA and MG graphic novels worth reading!

I love middle grade fiction. Next to picture books, I read these the most. I have a long commute, so I get a lot of reading done in the...

Look, it's well into February and I'm finally getting around to writing about my favorite books of the previous year! Let's just say that...

In my 30s I was diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I'm not sure what triggered it, although I was an anxious kid and so always...

Oh, preschoolers are fun. They've got OPINIONS and FACTS (about dinosaurs and firetrucks and Disney characters) and THINGS TO TELL YOU....

In my monthly library program, I choose an early literacy theme on which to focus. In November it was vocabulary - or, more specifically,...

Sharing picture books is a great way to grow social-emotional skills like empathy. Reading a story offers a great opportunity to put...

Did you know that learning about shapes helps with learning letters and numbers? It does! Being able to recognize shapes helps with...

Every month I share a booklist to go along with the theme of the program I'm doing at my library that month. This month we're exploring...

The past couple of days, I had the opportunity to work at my library's maker booth at Denver's FanExpo. I've done it several times...

More books for babies! We might be getting a little more complicated here, but not much. But books will start having more of a story arc...

So, first, I admit, "babies" is a broad category. There is a difference between what a newborn might respond to versus a 9 month old...

*[cross-posted on In The Writer’s Web] I realized recently that two of my manuscripts have unreliable narrators. One is a “voice...

What do toddlers like in picture books? What kinds of books will keep them most engaged? Young toddlers are still developing their...