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Category: Reading Challenge

Why we read short books We all struggle with our reading sometimes. Whether difficult personal circumstances have killed your focus

Readers, it’s only April, but the book nominations and awards are already rolling in. The next category for the 2018

I’m always curious about what lands a book on readers’ “favorites” lists. What compels my fellow readers to name a

This weekend I visited a terrific used book sale in my town. When I went on Friday, the place was

Have you ever finished a book and thought, Wow, I wish everyone would read that? An avid reader myself, I

I hope it’s not just me: not only do I have a ridiculously long TBR list (that’s To Be Read,

The 2018 Reading Challenge is here! Today I’m sharing the books I’m thinking of reading in 2018. In most categories, I

Devoted readers and aspiring readers: want to get more out of your reading life in 2018? We’ve got a challenge

The twelfth and final category for the 2017 Reading Challenge—for those of you who are stretching yourselves this year—is “a Putlitzer

Like many young readers, I learned about two important literary awards, the Caldecott and the Newbery, in elementary school. The

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