I’m passionate about reading and we’re a family that reads together. Scholastic has a brand new campaign called
The Story Starts Here featuring picture books that will foster that love of reading so many people already enjoy. Specifically, it’s never too early to start reading to your child. I started reading to Paige day one – and we’ve always had books within reach. It started with the sturdy board books and grew into picture books. We’ve found characters that we love!
Scholastic books offer so many characters that truly become family, especially when you read about these characters often! Sometimes, it can be difficult to read the same books over and over, but that repetition is so, so important and it is part of the learning process for children. I think that was my biggest challenge – Paige was hooked on a particular book and I wanted to introduce more characters, more stories. I just needed to be patient, as she grows she’s exploring and finding new books to enjoy.
The folks from Scholastic and The Story Starts Here sent several books over for our family to enjoy. They ranged from board books to the colorful, imaginative picture books.
- Peek-a-boo Farm by Joyce Wan
- If You’re A Robot And You Know It by David A. Carter
- Where’s Walrus? And Penguin? by Stephen Savage
- Zen Socks by Jon J Muth
- Friendshape by Amy Krause Rosenthal
Even though Paige has outgrown board books, you better believe that she still sat down and read Peek-a-boo Farm. She’s since incorporated it into reading to her class of stuffed animals. If there is one thing we’ve done right raising our children, it’s creating that love of books. It simply warms my heart! She also enjoyed If You’re a Robot And You Know It, but I’d like to state that at 38, I still enjoy pop-up books! How can I forget Leo and Molly and their new neighbor, Stillwater – he’s a giant panda. It’s definitely a touching tale! To round it out, Friendshape is a celebration of friendships and offers great sentiments about friends and friendship.
My favorite book from this group is Where’s Walrus? And Penguin? It’s a wordless picture book with illustrations that tell the story. The story features walrus and penguin, who made an escape from the zoo and their adventures all the while Mr. Zookeeper is searching for them. There’s even a surprise at the end that I don’t want to ruin!
The Story Starts Here is the resource that you can utilize to provide that love of reading. Find books for the age group you need from 0-7, download printables for your child, view videos or check out the featured books.
Twitter #TheStoryStartsHere
THE GIVEAWAY:
One (1) winner will receive a collection of Scholastic picture books, including:
- Peek-a-boo Farm by Joyce Wan
- If You’re A Robot And You Know It by David A. Carter (lyrics by Musical Robot)
- Where’s Walrus? And Penguin? by Stephen Savage
- Zen Socks by Jon J Muth
- Friendshape by Amy Krause Rosenthal (illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld)
Ends 12.8 US Only ARV: $76 Prizing and samples provided by Scholastic.
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19 Responses
This is an awesome program! I love pop up books and this gives me the perfect idea on what to give my nephews for Christmas!
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I’ve always been an avid reader so incorporating reading into my daughter’s life wasn’t hard at all. I started reading out loud to her in utero and I still do every day! It makes me so happy to see r pullout a book on her own and look through the pictures. She initiates story time now and we read several times a day!
I love to read alot so the kids always see me with a book or my Kindle, so for them reading was osmething you just do. I started reading to them as babies and they ove to read!
I incorporate reading in my grandson’s life by making it part of our daily routine. We read three books before bedtime each night and he looks forward to that quality time together.
as babies I started reading to them,,and always have books on hand now so they can read to me every night at bedtime
Our primary way we incorporate reading is a as part of a snuggly bedtime routine. We have done this for years and it benefits all of us. We also incorporate it with store names, street names, etc. We try to find a way to put it into all daily activities.
Reading is very important for us. I love to surprise my daughter with books from the library that she simply devours.
We try to read to our youngest every night. We also set aside about 20-30 minutes for our oldest to read every day as well.
I read to my children every day and get them to read to me for at least 30 minutes.
We read to our grandson all the time. He loves books and has many favorites.
I read to my son every night!
We keep books in the car so when we have somewhere we have to wait we can pull out a book and read.
I read to my daughter every night before bed and any other time of the day or night she would like!
We read for 30 min each day and again for 10 min before bedtime.
We have a regular reading time
I read to my son when he wants me to. I read a lot of things through out the week so he hears me reading on a regular basis. We are currently building up his library.
We take her to the library a couple of times a week and reading is our bedtime ritual!
We like to read together before bedtime and my kids read books while riding in the car.
We read every night at bedtime.