When Brenda Ehrmantraut found out that her brother, a member of the National Guard, would be deployed for a year, she knew his departure would have a huge impact on her two young nephews. She wrote a story about a nightly game of catch using the North Star. Now a planetarium show, Night Catch keeps military children close to their loved ones, even when they are oceans, mountains, or deserts apart. […]
Swimming, camp, videos, bike riding—summer vacation offers a multitude of ways for children to spend their free time. Reading isn’t always at the top of the list, or on the list at all if you have reluctant readers at home. These creative ideas— from book-related crafts and snacks, to movie tie-ins, prize-incentive reading programs, and special reading spaces—will inspire your kids (and you) to love summer reading! […]
Parents influence their kids, their friends, other parents, other parents’ kids. What parents do or don’t do in literature impacts readers, too. From entertaining to self-sacrificing, overbearing to absent, parent figures in literature can change your view of a story, and maybe even your view of parenting! In this month’s Reader’s Write, we asked: Which literary parent figure is most compelling to you, and why? […]
