Snuggle up and Read

Winter vacation is a wonderful time to sink into a book as you snuggle with your child in front of a fire or on a comfortable couch. Snow, ice, wind and cold can actually be the invitation to stay inside and become lost in a great book.  I am including links to a few book lists that could help to guide your selection as you and your child pick out books at your library or a bookstore.

Brain Pickings is a wonderful site that reviews children’s books. This is a link to their list of The Best Children’s Books of 2014. I love how the author Maria Popova includes pages from each of the book in her list. You can sign up on this site to receive weekly newsletters from them.

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/18/best-childrens-books-2014

This next list is from the American Booksellers Association. The titles are newly published books with a few of the books available in January 2015. It is always nice to have titles to look forward to. The books are listed under age groupings.

http://www.bookweb.org/news/winter-2014%E2%80%932015-kids%E2%80%99-indie-next-list-preview

The American Library Association has a list titled 2014 Notable Children’s Books. These books are listed in age groupings. All of these books are currently available in libraries.

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb

It is very motivating for children to see their parents reading for enjoyment as well. The AFS Lower School Book Club for adults is meeting on Monday morning January 12, 2015 to discuss The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahirii and on February 23, 2015 to discuss The Orphan Train. The meetings are always at 8am in the Lower School library. Winter vacations would be a wonderful time to read these books or any other books that you have been waiting to read.