Guest Post: The Influence of Books in Early Childhood

Over the weekend, I had a guest post published over at Pages and Margins all about the influence of books on Little Miss Muffet, age two-and-a-half. Click to read The Influence of Books in Early Childhood.

Mother Daughter Book Reviews Guest Post: Top 10 Read-Aloud Picture Books

Today I'm over at Mother Daughter Book Reviews sharing my top 10 favorite read-aloud picture books. Click here to see my list!

Cybils Announcements and Readerkidz Guest Post

In addition to my regular post for today, I have two more things to share.

The first is that my guest post, Picture Books for Greeting Friends Around the World, is up at ReaderkidZ.com. The three titles I suggest are all timely reads for the International Day of Peace, coming up on September 21.

The other is big news - the 2014 Cybils judges have been announced. This is especially exciting for me, as I have taken on the role of organizer for the Easy Reader/Beginning Chapter Book Category. I'll be participating myself as a first round judge along with these lovely bloggers:

• Caroline Flory of  Under God’s Mighty Hand
  
• Maggi Idzikowski of Mama Librarian 
• Mike Lewis of No High 5 News
  
• Kimberley Moran of Books First in Maine
  
• Debbie Nance of Readerbuzz
  
• Melissa Taylor of Imagination Soup

The wonderful second round judges are

• Narineh Ferderer of Ready, Set, Read
  
• Amanda Furman of Maestra Amanda’s World
  
• Catherine Nichols of The Cath in the Ha
• Mia Wenjen of PragmaticMom
• Matthew Winner of The Busy Librarian

Nominations for the Cybils will open to the public on October 1, so start thinking of the best books of the past year and get ready to submit your favorite titles.

Five Reasons to Attend Story Time with Your Baby (Guest Post at What to Expect.com)

I don't have another story time on my schedule until Friday morning, but in the meantime, please check out my guest post at What to Expect.com's Word of Mom blog, entitled "Why I Will Take My Baby to Story Time and You Should Too."