Richmond’s library system is top-shelf, and this local dad has fantastic strategies for helping you make the most of your visits with the kids!
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RFM team members share a book they’ve enjoyed. Maybe you will, too! The last time I recommended a beach read to a friend, she texted me and said she was…
Members of the RFM team share books they’ve recently enjoyed. Maybe you will, too! Being sad when a book is over is a sure sign that it’s a winner –…
Members of the RFM team share books they’ve recently enjoyed. Maybe you will, too! I’m author-loyal, so when I saw a title from one of my favorite writers on my…
RFM team members share a book they’ve enjoyed. Maybe you will, too! I’m not a big reader (although I wish I were), so when I choose a book, I really…
Members of the RFM team share books they’ve recently enjoyed. Maybe you will, too! Tell me a book is based on a true story, and its stock goes way up. …
Six important tricks to help your kids fall in love with reading – or at least tolerate it!
Research indicates that less than 20 percent of all eighth graders read for fun on a regular basis. Want reading to be more than fundamental again? Embrace summer reading. 1. Let your…
“So many children don’t read,” argues Donalyn Miller, author of The Book Whisperer, “They don’t read well; they don’t read often enough; and if you talk to children, they will…
It’s hard not to be disheartened by the findings of the 2007 study To Read or Not To Read, “Half of the adults in this country do not read either…
What if schools, tasked with teaching our children to read, were actually systematically killing their love of literature? According to Kelly Gallagher, author of Read-i-cide: How Schools Are Killing Reading…
When your kids were young, did you ever wonder if they would grow up to love books and reading?