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- Fun books teach adaptability
- Positive themes inspire confidence
- An unknown sage once wrote: "Change is often desirable, frequently necessary and always inevitable." That's a powerful statement of truth. An inability or unwillingness to adapt to change is based primarily in fear. While familiarity brings comfort,... Full story
- Take a break, read a book for fun
- School is a full-time job. The better part of the day, five days a week, is spent in class. Then there's homework to do at night and often on the weekends. And many kids are involved in extracurricular activities: sports, lessons of one kind or anoth... Full story
- Great books share important messages
- There is so much we need to teach our children, and the time allotted to execute this task is brief. Of all the tools we hope to instill in our children, those that are most important are often the most difficult: being honest in understanding who we... Full story
- Great books feed curious minds
- Nurture love of learning with today's titles
- The dictionary defines "curious" as "having a desire to investigate and learn." I think that pretty much describes all of us. In early childhood, for example, children are curious about everything, eager to harness information about the world around ... Full story
- The public library is a house of wisdom
- Thank a librarian today
- When I was a little girl, I used to ride my bicycle to the library. I loved walking down the long, narrow stacks of books, knowing that something special could be found in any one of the titles. I particularly liked the smell of books, especially old... Full story
- Books impart 'living lessons'
- Knowledge works to solve life's mysteries
- We've all seen it: the one shoe on the side of the road. Bizarrely, that sighting has taken place more times than we could count. I can't fathom the reason for this "one shoe" phenomenon, so I'll chalk it up to one of life's (probably unsolvable) mys... Full story
- Fathers – read aloud to your kids
- Wonderbar series penned by former Colusa resident
- Mem Fox is the author of many popular books for children and adults. She is also a former professor of literacy education. Harcourt has recently published her updated and revised edition of "Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Chang... Full story
- Good news about fiction
- Study: Stories develop empathy in readers
- I've been extolling the importance of reading fiction stories to kids for more than 26 years for various reasons. Finally (although a wee bit late in the timeline), I can report some compelling information in actual studies that supports what I've be... Full story
- Share books about kindness
- Teach your child lasting values
- We cannot help but be affected by our life experiences — the actions of people we know or observe, the words we hear (and don't hear), the books we read, the friendships we forge and so on. Each leaves an impression on us and often we imitate ... Full story
- The importance of baby books
- Teach your child about the joys of reading
- Reading a baby or toddler book requires a little imagination on your part to get your child to really look at the book and begin to experience the joys that reading can bring. The typical baby or toddler book has few words and lots of colorful illus... Full story
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