Congratulations to Molly! Her daughter will be receiving a special package in the mail soon. Thank you to everyone who entered. There will be more giveaways soon so keep checking in! Molly, check View Post

Summer Book Exchange- Stars and Stripes and a GIVEAWAY
Yesterday, I shared the book for kids that we received from a fun summer book exchange project hosted by The Educators' Spin On It. Today, I'm going to share the package that we sent to The New View Post

Father’s Day Book Giving Tradition
Do you struggle to come up with a good idea for Father's Day each year? What gifts for dad from the kids should we do this year? When my first son was born, I came up with this idea for a Father's View Post

Literacy Vacations and Destinations
Oh, the places we should go! Yesterday we explored different literacy activities that your child could do in the car on your road trip. Today we are looking at some literacy destination View Post

Literacy Activities in the Car
We're going on a road trip! Yes, it's that time of the year when many of us will be taking family vacations that involve lengthy car rides. It can be a great opportunity to build reading and writing View Post
Would You Like to be Featured on Growing Book by Book?
I'm excited to announce a new project on Growing Book by Book. Beginning in August, we will start a monthly Literacy Guest Spotlight Q & A post on the last day of each month. The goal is to give View Post

New Releases
Today we are looking at a few new releases from the first half of 2012 that are worth checking out. Penny and Her Song Penny and Her Song is by the wildly popular Kevin Henkes. This is View Post