The Perils of Having a Toddler Who Adores Reading
When I began to instill a love for reading in my child, I did not consider the consequences of having a baby who wants to read all the time.
Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
When I began to instill a love for reading in my child, I did not consider the consequences of having a baby who wants to read all the time.
In case you've been working on allowing yourself to DNF (Did Not Finish) books, here are some very good reasons to get...
A parent details how weekly trips to the public library have changed with a four-year-old in tow.
Working in a children's library as got one Rioter thinking about the merits of giving shelf space to children's classics.
"I remembered that I loved reading."
Mem Fox and Judy Horacek not only create fabulous children's books, they also deliver a pretty great storytime. One parent offers her thoughts on what made their storytime fantastic.
Reading slumps are the worst. Here are some thoughts I had during my latest nightmare, accompanied by gifs to make it less terrible.
"Jotting down notes and thinking about reading as a writer has changed my perspective on the books I swallow each year."
Struggling with the anxiety of keeping up with the buzzy and "Important" books, one reader turned to rereading to enjoy the experience...
Reading while chronically ill (or grieving, which can sometimes feel very similar) doesn’t always work -- and that doesn’t make you less of a reader.
A reader on taking a leap to meet a favorite author in person, and finding bravery and a sense of adventure through...
A scientist and reader on the shared sense of wonder and discovery found in STEM work and in reading science fiction.
"I'd also tell the author of my recent find about just how powerful it is to find my name in their pages."
Really, it's fine. You can keep your reader card.
Gary Chapman's THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES has endured...and maybe now there's a need for a bookish update.
