Hellobee

Since Drake has almost finished the Harry Potter series, I have been looking around to see what other book series I can find to draw his attention. Many of these books were under the tree this year, and there are a few I’m interested in trying myself. The Wild Robot – A shorter series, two books […]

I recently shared some of Charlie’s favorite series for 7-8 year olds, and now I’m sharing some of Olive’s favorite series for 6-7 year olds. They read a lot of the same books, but Olive’s favorites are heavy on princesses, fairies, and animals. They also read a lot of books from Britain that are popular […]

I believe one of the most powerful ways to get your kids hooked on reading is to get them into a series. Graphic novels were the gateway for my kids once they became independent readers. But once they transitioned to chapter book series with more complex plots and so many more options, that’s when they […]

Lion’s love for chapter books has definitely taken off, and we read one with him almost every night. We thought this meant that we could check out fewer books from the library, but when I checked our account recently, we had 96 books checked out, 5 of which were ones that Mr. Dolphin and I […]

Lion has slowly been easing into chapter books. Although he still loves picture books and we check out about 50 books every two weeks from the library, he’s been enjoying chapter books more and more recently. I like them because we don’t tear through ten books at once and I think it’s great that Lion […]

Drake is slowly moving toward chapter books as his reading advances. We still like picture books, and I would like to keep it that way for many reasons, but I think it’s good Drake gets exposed to trying longer books with bigger themes and series that longer than a few books. We’ve read a few […]

Big P has always enjoyed books, but lately reading together has been really fun. At 3 1/2, he’s able to focus better, follow story lines more closely, and make insightful and funny connections between the book and his own life. All of which has me thinking about when and what chapter book we should first […]