Author: Christina
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February 2021: Recent Reads
February is often seen as a month of romance and all that jazz, but for most of my life, it’s been more about birthdays – particularly mine 🙂 And while the last half of January was pretty stressful and I didn’t find much time to read (or much worth reading),…
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Author Spotlight: Sarah MacLeod
Part 2 of 2 for the author spotlight focuses on an aspiring author and illustrator of kids’ books. I’m so excited to get to share some of her work with you today! Introducing: Sarah MacLeod Though Sarah does not have any published work yet, she does have several works in…
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Author Spotlight: Alivia Puterbaugh
As part of Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week, I decided to have a chat with a couple of friends who are published authors (or aspire to be). I wanted to hear more about the process and inspiration behind their creation of stories and illustrations, and I had so much fun…
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10 Notable Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators
This week is Children’s Authors and Illustrators week, where we get to highlight the incredible people who create engaging texts for kids of all ages. I have a few different posts planned for you, and I am excited to share them with you! Last week, I wrote about what parents…
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45 Educators Give Their Top 3 Reading Tips for Parents
Picture this: It’s parent-teacher conference time. You’re sitting across from your child’s teacher (or perhaps, these days, seeing them on Zoom), and they’re telling you that your child is behind in reading. As a teacher, I know that’s disheartening for parents to hear, and perhaps the pronouncement even throws you…
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January 2021: Recent Reads
It’s that time again! We’re already halfway through January. Seems a little mind-bendy, if you ask me. Here in Ecuador, first semester doesn’t end before Christmas; it ends the last week of January. So we’re busy doing end-of-semester things like report cards and mid-year assessments. And trying to keep our…
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Watermelon Handles: Reflections
Can you visualize it? If God dreamt up pockets in kangaroos and the weird fin-leg-things on amoebae, surely he would have thought of making watermelons grow handles. I can’t help it: every time I pass that line in my quote book, laughter bubbles out of me. Because while I normally…
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2021 Reading Challenge Roundup
Oh my goodness. I started searching the web for y’all to see if I could pick a few challenges for you for the new year. There are SO MANY out there! I curated a list of six different reading challenges that looked good to me. Some avid readers complete many…
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Top Middle Grade Reads of 2020
Part 3 (of 3) Delightfully for me, reading middle grade books is part of my job. I suppose reading as many as I do is not *actually* part of my job description. But after reading about how one teacher knows all the books in her classroom library so she can…
a Look at a Book 