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I am a two-time author and am thrilled to have been able to co-write both books with the amazing Allison McDonald!

It’s called Setting the Stage for Rock-Star Readers: Help Young Children Develop a Lifelong Love of Reading, and it was released on June 1, 2019.

The first book I co-wrote with Allison McDonald was published November 2015–

Order it now!

Raising a Rock-Star Reader–75 Quick Tips for Helping Your Child Develop a Lifelong Love of Reading

I wrote regularly for these sites:

Scholastic Parents Raise a Reader blog
Melissa & Doug blog
The Huffington Post
Hewlett-Packard’s My Printly blog

I have also written pieces for these sites:

Scholastic Parents: 10 Games to Play with Names
Scholastic Parents: Nonfiction Reading That Kids Love
Scholastic Parents: There’s More to Mealtime than Food!
Scholastic Parents: 5 Easy Skills to Teach Your Kids During Read-Alouds
Scholastic Parents: Mini-Writing Centers

PBS Parents: 7 Tips for Early Literacy Learning–from ABC’s to Learning to Read
PBS Parents: What to do When Your Child Hates Reading
PBS Parents: What Not to Say to Emerging Readers
PBS Parents: Park Explorer Playkit
PBS Parents: Tissue Paper Flowers in Yogurt Cup Vases
PBS Parents: Brighten Your Day Rainbow Mobile
PBS Parents: Mom Rocks

readwritethink.org: Cooking and Creating in the Kitchen
readwritethink.org: Wild and Crazy Words
readwritethink.org: Take a Closer Look–Write around the room

MSN/Mom’s Homeroom — Encouraging Young Readers Video
MSN/ Mom’s Homeroom — Learnin g With Recyclables Video
MSN/ Mom’s Homeroom Blog
Volunteer Spot: Classroom Parties eBook
Volunteer Spot: My School. . . My Way
Volunteer Spot: Fun Summertime Learning
Volunteer Spot: Hello School Year Teacher Notes
Share a Story, Shape a Future 2011 Event
Day 2: The Gift of Reading
Share a Story, Shape a Future Blog Tour 2010
Day 2: Literacy My Way, Literacy Your Way
Day 3: The Nonfiction Book Hook
We Just Got Back
trekaroo: kids, trips, tips

Do you want to be a blogger?

I’ve put it all down right here so that you can start your own blog quickly–and easily!

I’m thrilled to have put all this down in one sweet little package for new bloggers to take and make their own because with blogging, the sky is the limit. You can literally take your blog as far as you’d like; you can make it as big or as small as feels right for you.