Today is International Read to Me Day

Today is International Read to Me Day - a day well worth celebrating for sure! Daysoftheyear (dot) com says, "Research shows children who regularly read have advanced literacy skills and a greater love for reading. The day promotes literacy and also encourages families and communities to engage in reading activities. It supports the idea of how everyone can play a role in nurturing a child’s love for reading."

While there are no shortages of books to read to a child, I'd like to recommend a few books for you to read to and with the children you love . . . 

• Any of the Life on the Goldilocks Planet Books. The Life on the
  
  Goldilocks Planet Curriculum/Book Series will equip parents and grandparents to hand down confident faith to the children they love by learning about some of the amazing animals in our world and how they help us know God is real. As Josh McDowell says; "Belief is knowing what we believe - Conviction is knowing why we believe it." These books will help you do what matters most - hand down confident faith! You will find the books in this series at the following link.
• illustrate my own books - If you are not an artist, or artistic
  
  person, when you see a book which you need to provide the illustrations for, you may think it is not the book for you. But, in this case with the  illustrate my own Known Bible Heroes, illustrate my own Unknown Bible Heroes, and important things Jesus wants me to know books, nothing could be farther from the truth! These books give you the unique opportunity to engage with the children you love in ways you never have when you read a book about a real Bible person, as since you and/or they will be providing the illustrations, you get to talk about what is happening, think through what the Bible person is saying, and basically really pay attention to the details so you are able to provide the illustrations! Just think about the fantastic conversations you will be able to have about the Bible people and how what they learned applies to you as well! These books are no ordinary Bible person storybook and they make fantastic gifts! You will find out more about the books in this series at the following link.
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  The Little Ginormous, Humungous, Hairy, One-Eyed Monster Boy's Adventures! In "The Little Ginormous, Humungous, Hairy, One-Eyed monsters' Adventures", you will find two stories - “There are Teeny, Tiny, Itty, Bitty, Not-so-Hairy, Two-eyed People Children Under My Bed!” where children will identify with the little ginormous, humungous, hairy, one-eyed monsters when they think they see a peculiar, scary, and terrifying teeny, tiny, itty, bitty, not-so-hairy, two-eyed people child under their bed! Of course when grandma monster tells the monster boys there can not be a people child under their bed because the people children are at their grandma's and poppa's house on a sleepover, it opens up an important conversation about how the little monster boys are really very much like the little people children.

In “The Little Ginormous, Humongous, Hairy, One-Eyed Monster Boys & Their Not-So-Peculiar, Scary, or Terrifying Discovery!” the little monster boys discover teeny, tiny, itty, bitty, not-so-hairy, two-eyed people children are moving in to a house down the street, so they decide to see for themselves if they are really peculiar, scary, and terrifying - or not.

In these books children will discover, along with the little ginormous, humungous, hairy, one-eyed monsters they are able to make friends with children who may not look like them. Just because they do not look the same, it does not mean they are “peculiar, scary, or terrifying” because we all are very much the same, whether we look alike or not. You will find out more about this book at the following link. 

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  Bedtime Fun with a Sweet Kitten named Candy! A Family of Her Own for Candy is a mostly true story about a little kitten and how she ended up with a family of her own. It is based on a true story of how Lynda and her husband, Dave decided to get a kitten from the Humane Society, so their grandsons helped choose the right one - which they named Candy. 

Lynda wrote this story for children and hopes it delights them - especially if they and their families want to get a kitten (or even a canine) from their local Humane Society. You will find out more about this book at the following link. 

Any of these books will be wonderful books to read to and with the children you love, today and any day! You will find out more about International Read to Me Day at this link.