Reading Tip#3: Building Vocabulary

Reading Tip#3: Building Vocabulary

Children naturally build vocabulary knowledge when we talk with them. But the best vocabulary building happens when reading with kids and picture books make learning new words both easy and enjoyable.

Do you have the right mindset for self-publishing a children’s book?

Do you have the right mindset for self-publishing a children’s book?

You might think that publishing a children’s book is easy, but it takes a particular mindset to do it well.

Do you write in your books?

Do you write in your books?

Do you keep your books shinny and clean? Or do you write in them and make them messy with your thoughts?

Wrong Numbers Aren’t Always So Wrong

Wrong Numbers Aren’t Always So Wrong

I was just thinkin' that sometimes wrong numbers aren't so bad.

Meet Elizabeth Shaffer Wood

Meet Elizabeth Shaffer Wood

Elizabeth Shaffer Wood portrayal at Grove Hill Cemetery's Stories Behind the Stones.

Reading Tip #2: Developing Background Knowledge

Reading Tip #2: Developing Background Knowledge

Tapping into background knowledge not only increases reading comprehension, it also makes reading more enjoyable.

How This Children's Book Author Writes

How This Children's Book Author Writes

Authors have a variety of processes for getting their words out of their heads and into a format to share. This article describes just one way - my way.

Always Show Up

Always Show Up

Whether you have many people attend your event or just one, it is important that your best self always shows up.

Mean People

Mean People

It is surprising who those mean people really are.

I Was Just Thinkin' about Blogs

I Was Just Thinkin' about Blogs

I was just thinkin' about why I want to create a blog. So, I made a list.