Today I’m happy to be the featured author for the Writer Mama Every Day in May book giveaway. Christina Katz is giving away one copy of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother Daughter Book Clubs and one copy of my e-guide Mother-Daughter Book Club Meeting Planner Guides: Collection I. The e-books contains [...]
Glow is a fascinating story that starts during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1940s and goes back in time to tell the story of a remote mountainous region in Georgia and the generations of whites, African Americans, and Native Americans who lived there. I enjoyed it from beginning to end, [...]
Last night was World Book Night, when 1 million books were given away to random strangers by people all over the the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. I was one of the designated givers, and I was thrilled to pass out copies of Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo here in Portland. I chose [...]
Mother’s Day is just a few weeks away, and the folks at Gone Reading are celebrating with a Month of Mom promotion. Gone Reading has quite a few gifts to choose from for the book-loving mom, and you can know that a portion of what you buy goes to support reading-related charities such as READ [...]
Do Something.org is one of the largest organizations in the U.S. dedicated to youth and social change. The organization leads several initiatives aimed at getting young people involved in causes. One of those causes that launches today is also near and dear to my heart: reading and literacy. With the Epic Book Drive, Do Something.org [...]
In this essay, K. L. Glanville, author of 2108: Eyes Open,shares her thoughts on how science fiction can stimulate discussions about morals and beliefs that take place in the here and now. I’ve experienced this in book club meetings myself, as club members discussed the ethics of using imagined medical technologies to prolong human life. [...]
The Cooney Center, which is an independent research and lab that supports research, development, and investment in digital media technologies to advance children’s learning, is collecting information about children’s reading habits for a new report on literacy. They are hoping to include 800 parents in the survey. Here’s what the center says about the survey [...]
Everybody Wins! in a non-profit dedicated to improving literacy levels by mentoring low-income youth. Their philosophy is one mentor, one child, one book at a time, and since it’s founding in 1991 Everybody Wins! has grown to include programs in 16 states reaching thousands of children. You can help their cause simply by watching the [...]
