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Our favorite books and resources for homeschool parents:
- The Best Books for Homeschoolers | A My Little Poppies Resource Page
- The Best Books for Your Homeschool | MLP Amazon Storefront
The Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report that shows the "decline by nine":
The Rights of the Reader Poster:
Ten Read-Aloud Commandments by Mem Fox:
Finding your child's interests to help with book selection:
- Interest-a-lyzer by Joseph S. Renzulli, Prufrock Press (an adapted version of this tool specific to reading can be found in The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller)
The best books for growing readers & by readers:
- Books that Don't Bore 'Em by James Blasingame
- Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time by Jamie C. Martin
- Honey for a Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life by Gladys Hunt
- How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen
- How to Raise a Reader by Pamela Paul and Marie Russo
- Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do by Daniel T. Willingham
- Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox
- Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers by Judith Wynn Halstead
- Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits by Donalyn Miller
- The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller
- The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon
- The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
- The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research by Stephen Krashen
- The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
- The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
- The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma
- The Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac
My favorite TED Talks on the power of reading:
- How Books Can Open Your Mind | Lisa Bu
- How to Inspire Every Child to Be a Lifelong Reader | Alvin Irby
- My Year of Reading a Book From Every Country in the World | Ann Morgan
- Why A Good Book is a Secret Door | Mac Barnett
- Why We Should All Be Reading Aloud to Our Children | Rebecca Bellingham, TEDx
Favorite articles on reading:
- Does Reading Fiction Make Us Better People? by Claudia Hammond, BBC
- Finding Books for Gifted Readers by Raising Lifelong Learners
- Flashing Screens or Turning Pages by Mem Fox
- If They Don't Read Much, How They Ever Gonna Get Good? by Richard Allington
- Just Let Them Read Books: Musings of a Parent, Teacher, and Lifelong Reader by Jen Marten
Resources for checking if books are appropriate for your kiddo:
- Common Sense Media
- Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers by Judith Wynn Halstead
Celebrate your next book:
- Book Club Celebrations | Mary Hanna Wilson
My go-to resources for finding amazing books:
- Your local library
- Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
- GoodReads.com
- Growing Book by Book
- Instagram (follow hashtags #picturebooks #picturebook #raisingreaders #booksforkids #childrensbookstagram#kidlit #classroombookaday #readyourworld #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #readaloudrevival)
- Jen Robinson's Book Page
- Jim Trelease
- Loyal Books
- Mr. Schu Reads
- Multicultural Children's Book Day
- My Little Poppies Family Book Club (Facebook Group)
- PBS Parents
- Read.gov
- Read-Aloud Revival (podcast and website)
- Reading is Fundamental
- Reading Rainbow
- Reading Rockets
- ReadWriteThink
- Scholastic
- School Library Journal
- TeenReads.com
- The Barnes and Noble Kids Blog
- The Book Whisperer
- The Children’s Book Review
- What We Do All Day
Check out the books we've been reading this year:
- My Little Poppies Book Recommendations (2019-2020)
- My Little Poppies Book Recommendations (2018-2019)
Start your own Coffee and Books Routine:
Podcast for Growing Readers:
Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Online Stories:
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