Well that was not the week I was expecting and here we are emerging on the other side of it…
And because it is our season to Build a Library, and because we would love you to help us… we are going to be blogging books nearly all week… Brace yourselves, because it is going to be books, books, books….
Brilliant Book Links from This Week
- Take a look at the how and why of this incredible project, on Playing by the Book. When our friend Zoe at Playing by the Book said she was planning to build a house of books to raise funds for Book Aid International, she meant it.
- Five Things I wish I had Known Before Getting Published… by Kate Ellis on Author Allsorts.
- Imagine just this week, discovering a blog called Building a Library: Eight Essential Kinds of Books That Every Kids Should Own.
- Authentic Writing Activities for Kids and Teens… on Simple Homeschool there are some totally fab ideas in here!!!
- Campbell Books had a fabulous World book Day Post: Favourites of the favourites!!!
- If you are looking for fabulous lists of reads then look no further than Mt. Hope Chronicles. Lists like this one: Top Ten Fiction Favourites…
- In a post about bookish things, here’s one from the author of a book Hood #3 and I loved, Rebecca Westcott: Five Things I Wish I had Known When I was Thirteen.
- Spotted: Citing Sources: A Quick Graphic Guide by Kate Hart, Plagiarism, what you can and can’t do… because, if you are going to write then do it right. There is no excuse no to.
A Book Blast From the Past:
- Se7en+1 Reasons to Keep on Reading Aloud to your Kids…
- The Se7en+1 Stages of a Bibliovores Life and All the books to GO With Them…
- Se7en + 1 Questions About Getting to the Library.
- Se7en of the Best Bazillion Chapter Books…
- Se7en Tips for Family reading Time…
- So You have Raised a Reader… Now What?
- Se7en Sneaky Tactics to Encourage the Almost Reader…
- Se7en+1 Tips for Getting All that School Reading Done…
That’s us… Hope your weekend isa fabulous one and we are so looking forward to a week of bookish blogging with you…
Ooh, some links I want to click on straight away here. And thanks for including my crazy antics 🙂
Hay Zoe, nobody around here considers your antics to be crazy at all, everyone took it very seriously and plans may have been hatched – though for me the thought of unpacking the bookshelves left me feeling somewhat week at the knees. You are braver than I am what can I say. I hope you all have the best week!!!