Six Steps for Reading Aloud to Your Kids
Do you have time to read to your child? Does your child’s teacher scold you for not reading? Do you avoid reading because you just don’t know what to say? Or is it hard to pull your child away from the television or computer for time together?
Even if [...]
Here is a link to a wonderful article I found on the benefits of bedtime stories on children, as well as advice on reading them aloud!
Bedtime Story Advice On Squidoo
And of course my own bedtime story scientifically designed to get YORE children peacefully dreaming in no time flat!
Has the future of book and newspaper reading arrived? Amazon’s new electronic reading device, The Kindle, might just be it! The unit is about the size of a paper-back novel, instantly downlouds books straight from Amazon, and features access to all the major national newspapers. The Kindle can store 200 books, making it a virtual [...]
Hi Folks!
Most of you know me via my children’s stories, but during the day I also design cabinets for a living. I’ve been very busy lately and that’s what’s been keeping me from blogging as often.
But to prove it, here’s the latest custom kitchen I designed for some nice folks on Wilmington Island. I hope [...]
Well done. I enjoyed the story, read it at bedtime and slept soundly afterwards, so it clearly did what it said on the tin. An action-packed piece (as before); and (Layden is) very good at that sort of description.
–Herbie Brennan, bestselling author of The Faerie Wars
The Hylidae Ex Machina lives!, November 3, 2007
By Jeff Howe (Maine United States) - See all my reviews
Some of my favorite childrens’ stories revolve around a character called Hank the Cow Dog by John Erickson. They are based on a ranch in Texas, and, though there are human characters in most of the [...]