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09/01/2014

Happy Labor Day! Teach the kids you love about this holiday in a fun way- by discovering a new book together.

Buy the When I Grow Up Hallinan, P. K. with fast shipping and excellent Customer Service. Rakuten.com

08/18/2014

AWESEOME birthday cake!

Check out this awesome book cake from Kathy Knaus! http://ow.ly/AryHH

08/18/2014

Funny.

08/05/2014

This auction ends tomorrow so bid now! While you are partying with the stars, books will be placed directly into the hands of local students!

Auction Proceeds Benefit BookEnds

08/01/2014

Our gofundme campaign is over and was an overwhelming success! Thank you to everyone who like it, shared it, and contributed to it. Thousands of books are now in the hands of students to help prevent the summer slide! We couldn't do it without our great community!

07/31/2014

Today is the last day of our gofundme campaign - please help out if you can - your donation literally puts books into the hands of students so they can keep up and maybe even improve their reading skills over the summer. http://www.gofundme.com/BookEnds-vs-summer-slide

Too many children, especially disadvantaged students, lose literacy skills over the summer due to a lack of recreational reading material. This summer slide is devastating for student progress. Research shows that reading is the most influential factor related to summer learning. Through our part...

07/24/2014

A great list from Jenny Rasmussen The Chic Site! Happy reading.

As a child, I always had my nose in a book. I loved being transported to different lands, meeting interesting characters and getting lost in a story. Books captured my imagination in a way I never knew was possible. Now that I’m a mom, I can’t wait until my son will be able to enjoy... Read more »

07/21/2014

Thanks to The Art of Simple for this great list.

Tsh is the founder of this blog and lives in Bend, Oregon with her husband and 3 kids. Her latest book is Notes From a Blue Bike, and believes a passport is one of the world's greatest textbooks.

07/18/2014

Today, I’m sharing 18 creative and hands-on ways that you can use LEGO bricks to teach literacy…from fine motor activities, alphabet activities, spelling activities, and writing activities. The best part about these activities is that they can always be adapted or changed to fit the needs of childre…

07/17/2014

Books are smart!

07/15/2014

Today's amazing Fact: Curious George author H.A. Rey built two bicycles out of spare parts, and he and his wife escaped Paris on them, taking the manuscript for Curious George with them, hours before the city fell to N***s.

07/11/2014

A girl called Francesca Gray wrote J. K. Rowling her first fan letter. The letter began: ‘Dear Sir…’ Rowling published under the initials ‘J. K.’ because her publisher thought the book would be less appealing to boys if it carried a woman’s name on the cover. ‘J. K.’ struck a suitably androgynous note for the publisher. What do you think about that?