About Cindy Hudson

Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother Daughter Book Clubs (Seal Press 2009) and creator of Mother Daughter Book Club.com. She also writes about family literacy issues.

Book Review: A True Princess by Diane Zahler

Tweet This week I’m excited to offer a couple of posts about a new fantasy book for middle readers. It’s called A True Princess by Diane Zahler, and it should delight young readers who like Ella Enchanted, The Goose Girl, … Continue reading

Book Review: The Pink Locker Society: Best Kept Secret by Debra Moffitt

Tweet The Pink Locker Society is back up and running after being shut down in the first book of the series: Only Girls Allowed. In this book, Best Kept Secret, Jemma and her friends secretly continue to answer questions that … Continue reading

Book Review: Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings by Hèléne Boudreau

Tweet At 13, Jade has a lot to deal with: she’s still getting over her mother’s drowning death a year ago, she just got her first period, and she might have a crush on a guy who surely thinks she’s … Continue reading

Book Review: Contagion by Joanne Dahme

Tweet For as long as she can remember, Rose has been promised to Patrick Dugan, a liaison forged between their two prominent Philadelphia Irish families. Once married to him she finds herself mistress of a grand home and a staff … Continue reading

Reading and Technology: A Study from Scholastic, Inc.

Tweet This month in my newsletter I referred to a recent study by Scholastic, Inc. that discovered a few interesting things about kids, reading, and their parents’ concerns about technology. The Scholastic Study found that from age 6 – 17, … Continue reading

Book Review: Jane and the Raven King by Stephen Chambers

Tweet   Jane knows something is up when she spots a squirrel packing a suitcase. Things get even stranger when she realizes that birds aren’t singing and all the wild animals seem to be leaving. As adults get more and … Continue reading

How to Be a Good Book Club Member

Tweet When book club members get together you can usually count on good fun, good company and great socializing. What’s not to like? But with all the fun you have at meetings, it may be easy to forget that you … Continue reading

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