Katherine Willoughby lives is Richmond, Virginia and teaches Junior Kindergarten at the same school where she discovered her love of reading. When she is not in the classroom, Katherine enjoys building wooden train layouts with her three-year-old son, playing board games while drinking IPA’s with her husband, and taking part in pub trivia. Read Across America Day is her favorite holiday!
A teacher writes about nursery rhymes as great conversation starters for the four-year-old set, and lists 5 alternative nursery rhyme collections and retellings.
In honor of the 102nd birthday of Beverly Cleary, one reader writes about the Ramona Quimby author's talent for speaking to the everyday lives of kids and adults like us.
Need something happy and lighthearted after reading a little too much Game of Thrones? One reader shares the childhood book she turned to for an antidote.
When you introduce your small kid to The Lord of the Rings, of course they will pretend to be characters from the franchise. Like Sauron's eye.