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How Books Will Define My Middle Schooler
How Books Will Define My Middle Schooler

If I do become a mother one day, that means that, at some point, I will be dealing with a middle school child. And you can bet your shiny iPhone 6s that I will be bribing the heck out of that kid to read pages rather than screens, because the stories children internalize are the stories that shape their character -- especially in middle school.

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Book Business, Reading, Young ReadersEmily H. JeffriesMiddle School Reads, Books, Parenting, Story, Hope, Hopelessness Comments
I Have A Reading Problem: I Read Five Books At A Time
I Have A Reading Problem: I Read Five Books At A Time

There’s nothing wrong with a little diversity in reading. No, I’m not talking about Jamaican settings or Hindu protagonists (although, those are fun too). I’m talking about diversity of genre. I like to shake it up, because I’m not always in the right mood for the same book day after day. Call it literary ADD, I’d rather call it well rounded.

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Reading, Young ReadersEmily H. JeffriesBooks, Authors, Titles, Reading, Book Genre Comments