You should go to the Holiday Break Reading Challenge blog to check out all the excitement. There are activities and prizes every day. What could be better?
Kristin at Bookworming in the 21st Century is hosting 2 Read-a-Thons for the New Year. The first one is a New Year Read-a-Thon where you attempt to read for 24 hours. The one I am going to enter is the Reading Into the New Year. All I have to do is read, at least, until [Keep Reading]
The Holiday Break Reading Challenge is off to a great start. Sunday brings with it Activity #3. I’ve seen this cool activity during read-a-thons and decided I’d use it for the Holiday Break Reading Challenge. Here is a link to Bart’s Bookshelf with a great explanation of the challenge. Basically, what you need to do [Keep Reading]
I’ve done this activity once before after seeing it on The Story Siren and thought I’d use this as the first Prize Winning Activity for the Holiday Break Reading Challenge. For those of you that want to know more about the Reading Challenge, click HERE. Here are the directions for the Create a Cover activity. [Keep Reading]
Here is what my husband has in mind for me. His plan is to build a TINY house on a trailer so we can move it around our place wherever we want it. Sometimes in the sun, sometimes in the shade. Nice idea. Now, he just has to build it. Maybe he needs to [Keep Reading]
Look what I got in the mail. Thank you Sharon and Ashley. You made my day. Be sure to visit Sharon and Ashley and tell them Merry Christmas.
I can’t believe the end of 2009 is almost here. I’ve been looking at my Reading Log from this year and realized I’ve read a lot of great books and since everyone is putting together their Best of Lists, I thought I would too. So, starting on December 23rd I’ll be featuring my Top 9 of [Keep Reading]
Harcourt Children’s Books – April 1, 2010 A year has passed since a meteor collided with the moon, sending it closer to the earth, and forever changing the world. In LIFE AS WE KNEW IT, Miranda chronicles the events her family experiences as they struggle for survival during dramatic weather changes, loss of friends, and [Keep Reading]
Starscape – August 4, 2009 Nathan Abercrombie is the second skinniest kid at school. He spends most of his time with the second tallest kid, the second fattest kid, and the second fastest kid. He doesn’t have a lot of friends and he’s used to being picked last for sports in PE, but for the [Keep Reading]
The librarian in me always wants to encourage reading for pleasure and the holiday break provides the perfect opportunity. For that reason, I decided to create the Holiday Break Reading Challenge. Having participated in both, Read-A-Thons and Challenges, you might see something of a blending of the two concepts. Keep reading for detailed information. 1) [Keep Reading]
