Category: Parent Tips
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A Parents’ Guide: How to Choose a (Picture) Book Worth Reading
…that will make you look forward to reading with your child! How do you feel about reading picture books with your littles? My son is just starting to get into the phase where he has ONE favorite book that he asks us to read to him multiple times per day.…
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5 Ways to Read to Your 0-12 Month Old
Before my son was born, I knew that I would be one of those moms who read to her kids early and often (aka every day). It would be easy, right? I mean, especially when they’re super little and not mobile. Yet on the questionnaires for my infant’s wellness checks,…
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Reading Challenge Roundup 2025: For Adults and Kids
Happy New Year! I love the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. It’s such a good time to reflect on the past year and set goals for the year ahead. Some of the goals I usually set are related to reading, of course. Here is something I’ve been thinking…
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Give the Gift of Reading to Your Kids
‘Tis the season to be giving! The countdown to Christmas is in the single digits, but I know not everyone is done with their shopping yet. Is reading on your list of gifts to give? Here’s the good news: whether or not a wrapped book is under the tree for…
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Wholesome Books for Preteens: 8 Stand-alone Fantasy Books
Here is part two of my wholesome fantasy books for preteens post, which is next in my wholesome books for preteens series. If you didn’t catch the intro post, I’m creating this series in order to give parents (and teachers) suggestions for tweens and preteens of quality, interesting books that…
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Wholesome Books for Preteens: 10 Magical Fantasy Series (part 1)
This post is part of a series I’m writing in response to some parents asking me for book recommendations for their preteens. They lamented how common it is for books for preteens to be filled with middle school drama and romance, and their kids aren’t really ready for that yet.…
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Wholesome Books for Pre-teens: 19 Old-fashioned and Contemporary Picks
Waaaay back in April of 2022, I was talking with some parents who inspired me to make a booklist. They were talking about their kiddos who are preteens but aren’t ready for “typical” preteen books – you know, crushes, school drama, and all that sort of thing. They want their…
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Things Good Readers Do: Series Wrap-up
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. The Things Good Readers Do series is coming to an end today. Woohoo! My goal through this series has been to…
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Things Good Readers Do: Summarize
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. We’re coming down to the last couple of blog posts in this (admittedly long) series! So far, in part 1, we’ve…
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