#2 - Related Blogs

When looking for blogs to go along with my topic of exposing teachers and students to children's books and authors, I found a large number of blogs in this field while searching on blogsearch.google.com. I chose three to begin with, but the blog I had the biggest connection with is maintained by Jen Robinson and will refer to it in coming months when I am looking for stories to read and recommend to students in my library. This person has personally read many books from different levels, gives information about the book and why she chose to read it. Her thoughts as to why children should read and why parents/teachers should be involved in their children's reading is very insightful and inspiring. When building my own personal blog to use with my school, I will be using this blog as a reference.

As stated in her website, http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/ , located in her Mission Statement:

I think that children who love to read grow up with better vocabularies, and the ability to read more quickly, and that they do better in school, and have more opportunities in life. But I think it's even more fundamental than that for me. I think that I just loved reading SO MUCH as a child that I want to give that gift to other people. And it's tough to grow up loving books if you don't start very young.
That is why I've started this website. This site is for anyone who has an interest in raising children who love books. It is for librarians and teachers, and parents and aunts and uncles and grandparents. And it's for people like me, who believe that the world will be a better place if more children grow up with the opportunity to love books. I hope to provide encouragement and education, a sense of community, and of course book ideas. I welcome your feedback. Thanks for reading! -- Jen