How are eBooks Changing Libraries
Last week, I posted about the convenience of borrowing eBooks from my local library. But while the digital publishing revolution makes our lives easier, it als...
Category: How to encourage reading
How to Read on a Budget: Borrow Ebooks!
I have a wonderful problem: my kids read books faster than I can find new ones for them to devour. Last week, we spent an hour in the bookstore, browsing new t...
What Is Steampunk, Anyway?
Before we left on vacation, my son wanted to download a new book to his Kindle. Like a good Word Nerd Mama, I read the description first. (See my post on The ...
Why You Should Read Liar and Spy
A few weeks ago, I posted the nominees and winners of the Children’s Choice Book Awards for 2013. Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead made the Fifth To Sixth G...
Great Reading Quotes #2
From the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and founded one of the finest institutions of higher learning (and my alma mater): “I cannot...
Great Reading Quotes #1
I love college campuses, don’t you? A word nerd can find so much inspiration. When I was picking my son up from “Camp Invention” at Radford U...