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February 15, 2013
by Jenny Smith
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Top 6 Books for Young Adults: What You Can Recommend to Your Teen

young-adultEver try telling your teenager to do something and have them do it without question or protesting about it? It can be a very trying and difficult thing to accomplish, especially if they are at that stage where they are trying to assert themselves and their individuality. Recommending books to a teenager can be a rather difficult and trying task too, if you do not know what kinds of books are ideal or trendy for your young adult. Continue Reading →

February 4, 2013
by Jenny Smith
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5 Award Winning Books Young Adults May Enjoy

A lot of teens these days read books that are either popular among their peers or are currently in the news for being bestsellers. While a book may be selling like crazy or is being read by your child’s friends, it does not necessarily mean that these are books you should recommend to your teens. It might be better if you got your teens reading material that have the nod of award giving bodies like the ALA and YALSA.

Here are five young adult books that have won awards and may be enjoyed by your teen: Continue Reading →

January 31, 2013
by Rowena Taylor
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What Are the Classic Books Children Should Not Miss Reading Before Growing Up?

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When a child grows up with the love of books, it is highly probable that a parent influenced such an affinity to the written word. Parents who teach their kids to love books often do so because Continue Reading →

January 28, 2013
by Eric Lee
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Improve Kids’ Reading Skills with Reading Games

scrabbleSome parents find that teaching their kids to read better is not an easy thing to do. It is even a challenge for them to get their children to hold a book for any period of time to get them to read more from it. If you are a parent with this kind of a dilemma, there is no need to fret. You can actually encourage a kid to read better with the help of some fun games.

Making the task of improving reading skills into something fun can help your child read better without your having to force them to do so. In fact, using games to improve reading skills is far better than getting a child to progress at reading by sitting them down and forcing them to read. Using games that integrate the use of words and reading into them to help a kid read faster and better is a tried and tested method. This method has seen numerous kids improving their reading skills considerably.

Here are some games that you can use to help your child become better at reading: Continue Reading →

January 25, 2013
by Jenny Smith
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Where do Children’s Book Writers Get Their Book Ideas

winnie-the-poohDon’t you ever wonder where writers get their ideas for books? How do authors come up with such wonderful characters and stories for children to enjoy? Do they suddenly come up with ideas for their stories out of the blue and voila, a memorable book character and story is born? Continue Reading →

January 24, 2013
by Donna Wilson
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Books for Kids – What Titles to Look Out for in 2013

Much like adults, kids and teenagers look forward to new titles from authors that they love every year. Since new books do get published and released every year, children often keep an eye out for some of their favorite authors and for books in their favorite genres to see if they can find something to add to their book collection. Some of the places they can look include online book selling sites, publisher sites and book review sites.

There are quite a few titles they can look forward to acquiring and reading in the coming year. Here are some that might interest your young reader: Continue Reading →

January 23, 2013
by Donna Wilson
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Book Publishing Basics – How Children’s Books Get Published

Whether you are an aspiring children’s book writer wanting to get that book you just wrote published, or are just someone curious to know how a book gets from an author’s hands to your child’s book collection, this is how children’s books get published. It all begins with a manuscript.manuscript Continue Reading →

January 22, 2013
by Rowena Taylor
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Where the Best Books for Children Can Be Found

book-storeLooking for the best books to give your children may be difficult if you do not know where to find them. There are a number of places that can help you locate the best books for children to read. Some of these are online and others can be found somewhere near you.

Buying books for your kids need not be a difficult task. As long as you know where to get the best ones, you’re good to go. Here are some of the places you can go and look: Continue Reading →

January 21, 2013
by Rowena Taylor
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Happy Meals with Books – A Good Idea or Doomed to Fail?

happy-mealIt is a rare person indeed who does not know what a Happy Meal is. For the sake of the few who do not know what it is – it’s a kid’s set meal with drinks and a toy that a kid can enjoy while eating the meal. Putting a toy in a box together with a burger, fries and a softdrink started in 1979 as a marketing gimmick, and the rest, as they say, is history.

While the McDonald Happy Meal is indeed iconic (and decades of children asking for their weekly toy is nothing to scoff at), the hamburger restaurant chain in the UK is looking to change things up a bit. Instead of giving out toys with these meals, they Continue Reading →