Congratulations to Gloria B! Gloria will be receiving 5 fantastic board books from Growing Book by Book. Gloria, please check your email for a message from Growing Book by Book. Keep reading View Post

Building a Library on a Tight Budget
This post originally appeared as a guest post I did for Playdough to Plato. Becoming a proficient reader involves practice, practice, practice. Every reader needs text to practice their growing View Post

Preparing Siblings Before You Go Into Labor, Plus a GIVEAWAY!
It's Labor Day and we know that moms have the toughest job! I thought we'd look at some books to read with siblings before you go into labor with that new baby. There has been a baby boy explosion View Post

Sandra Boynton Books for Little Ones
If you know a child age 3 or under and you aren't familiar with author and illustrator Sandra Boynton, then you will definitely want to keep reading. My sons were the proud owner of 15 Boynton View Post

Growing Book by Book Turns One!
Growing Book by Book turns 1 today! It has been a fun year learning about blogging and connecting with so many new people in the process. Very 1st Post My very first post was an introduction to View Post

Tips for Reading With Newborns to Age 5
Do you have little ones in your life? Would you like those kids to grow up and love to read? I believe that we can meet the needs of ALL growing readers and we can start when they are just little View Post

Mentor Texts to Use for Modeling Writing
Teaching children how to be authors is one of my all time favorite writing activities. It's a joy to see children create their own stories. Reflect and Refine: Building a Learning Community is View Post