Mother’s Day Monday, Children’s Book Week & American Girl

The Family Bookshelf, part of the Reading Tub family of literacy initiatives, is giving away American Girl books as part of the company’s Read-a-palooza initiative. Submit a post about reading with girls to win. Continue reading

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Reaching a Reader: Guest Post by Sarah Jamila Stevenson

Today’s Share a Story. Today’s topic is A Reader’s Universe. All day we will be exploring the different ways we read. Sarah Stevenson’s Reach a Reader project is just that kind of effort: a way to connect kids with books … Continue reading

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Young Adult to Picture Books: Reading Tub Bookmarks February

Three books stood out for Reading Tub readers and reviewers this month: Carlyn Beccia’s award-winning book I Feel Better With a Frog in My Throat; Jim Arnosky’s Thunder Birds, and The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan. See Reading Tub mini reviews. Continue reading

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Readers Rejoice: CYBILS Winners Announced

Happy Valentine’s Day … okay. Now that the formality is out of the way, let’s party … CYBILS style!! This morning over on the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards (CYBILs) Website, Anne announced the 2011-2012 winners. Two rounds … Continue reading

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Reading Tub Bookmarks (Picture Book to Young Adult)

As we ease back into the “new normal” here in the Reading Tub, we are tweaking some of our processes. One of the biggest is to do away with our long monthly lists of books we’ve read. Instead, we’re going … Continue reading

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