Welcome to the 2013 Share a Story – Shape a Future blog tour for literacy. This year’s theme is Literacy: The First Five Years, and today Maria Burel hosts the topic is literacy with infants at Once Upon a Story. Maria will be writing about the Reality of Reading with Infants, and her guests include Jen Robinson of Jen Robinson’s Book Page (writing about books as baby gifts) and yours truly writing about building a library before baby arrives. A Home Library for Babies As parents, we want our baby’s first room to be extra special. We fill it with things that say love: soft blankets for cuddling, a chair for snuggling together, a lovey (or two or three), and … Read more →