A Year of Reading

My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed Illustrated by Catherine Stock Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009 review c...

If you've been reading our blog over the years, then you know we are both involved in the planning of the Dublin Literacy Conference . T...

Yesterday, here at A Year of Reading, we celebrated the amazing work of Jon Scieszka as our very first National Ambassador of Children's...

I never pass up a book that is about ways people can make a difference in the world. I am building up quite a collection. I picked up two n...

On January 3, 2008, the Library of Congress named Jon Scieszka "Inaugural National Ambassador for Young People's Literature". ...

Well, I made it! 365 pictures for the year! (here are all the mosaics and here is my Flickr photostream ) December was probably the hardes...

I love the new book A SMALL BROWN DOG WITH A WET PINK NOSE by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen and illustrated by Linzie Hunter. Kids love dog books ...

Four years ago today we started this blog! Hard to believe we've been at it that long, but we are still having LOADS of fun! Here are...

Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats by Walt Whitman Ah poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats, Ah you foes that in conflict have ove...

When we got married, my husband told me he would never complain about me buying books. He believed (as I did) that you could never have too ...