By Kitty Felde I just got back from the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago. It was the perfect place to ask the experts about how to get a kid to pick up a book. Librarian Arlene LaVerde from Queens, New York says kids have been inundated with school […]
Summer Book Clubs Abound for Young Readers
By Kitty Felde There will be those days this summer when venturing outside in 90 degree heat with 90% humidity is too much to imagine. Even your kids refuse to go outside. How do you keep them off the gaming devices? Sign them up for a book club. Summer is […]
Young Readers: Tea for Two or Three or More
By Kitty Felde Perhaps it’s all the hoopla connected to the coronation of Charles III. Or maybe it’s the new “Bridgerton” prequel. Afternoon tea is back! And it can help entice reluctant readers to pick up a book. I recently spoke with a school librarian who has done everything but […]
Young Readers: A Place for Everything
By Kitty Felde Writer Jenny Colgan loves books and loves reading. Books can change your life, she says, “always for the better.” In her novel The Bookshop on the Corner, she makes a massive list of her favorite places to read: The Bath. “Paperbacks are ideal,” she says, though she […]
Young Readers: Reading for a Five Star Review
By Kitty Felde The warm-up assignment for my writing group was simple: write a book review for a novel that doesn’t exist. We all immediately put pen to paper, creating really awful reviews for even more awful books. We all rely on reviews. Not just book reviews to help us […]
How to Grow a Reader
By Kitty Felde It’s that time of year when we can almost feel spring in the air. Almost. It’s the time of year when many of us plan our gardens. One of the neighborhood kids is crazy about plants. Nothing gets him more excited than a packet of green bean […]
Young Readers: Kindles, Kindles Everywhere
By Kitty Felde If I open the kitchen pantry door and there’s a bag of chocolate chips in there, I eat them. I can’t help it. On the other hand, if the bag of chips is stashed in the back of the shelf, I don’t bother to look for them. […]