Biographies (Bookshelf) The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 100 Essential Sites for Voracious Readers: Masters in English. The advent of e-readers has allowed people to carry a lifetime of books in their backpack for convenient, backlit reading anywhere.
This proliferation of reading gadgets has not only been a boon for passionate readers, but for writers as well. It is easier and less expensive than ever for independent authors to publish their works to a possible audience of millions. This is a huge benefit to both writers and readers, and has led to an outpouring of independently published e-books for lovers of all genres. This list is a celebration of reading and writing for both academic and general audiences. From e-publishing gurus to literature critics, authors, and bookshop owners, many people in the business of selling words have blogs and online storefronts to reach an ever more electronically connected audience of voracious readers. Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg provides a library of over 42,000 free eBook titles in the United States due to expired copyrights. 30 Books To Read To A Six-Year-Old. Each night I read to my daughters before bedtime – I spend around 20 to 30 minutes with each one.
It’s a ritual. The youngest is six and just starting to grasp the fundamentals of reading. Six is a difficult age to gauge. Her brain is processing information at an incredible speed but she still really appreciates the visual aspect of books. My six-year-old can listen to books that are aimed at older children, and that’s because she tends to sneak into her older sister’s bedroom and listen to what I’m reading to her – she’s quite used to hearing stories of tense drama. I've tried to keep this list to books that work for a broad spectrum of six-year-olds – suitable for boys and girls - and literature that is a pleasure to hear aloud. This list offers a mixture of longer chapter books where you can read a chapter each evening, story collections where it’s a story per session and books to read in a single sitting. The Book We're Talking About: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News. Buy Borrow Bypass. Announcing the 2013 Tournament of Books.
A short time ago, in a barnyard far, far away, a bleary-eyed Rooster woke up from a dream.
It had been a good dream. He was clucking around his pen, strutting his stuff, and there on the ground lay 16 of the finest works of fiction from 2012, all for him to shred, devour, and consume without mercy. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, get ready: We are thrilled to announce the Ninth Annual Morning News Tournament of Books, coming March 2013. That’s right—the granddaddy of highbrow bracketology is back! The ToB is an annual springtime event here at the Morning News, where 16 of the year’s best works of fiction enter a March Madness-style battle royale. But before any of that, a big announcement: We are thrilled to say this year’s Tournament will be presented by NOOK® by Barnes & Noble! There’s also a Zombie Round, plenty of contests and prizes, a visit from the Biblioracle, and a new feature for 2013 called the Pre-Tournament Playoff—but we’ll get to all that in the coming weeks.